SITKA -- Data collected by Alaska wildlife biologists reveals that Baranof Island had an unknown native mountain goat population dating back to the Ice Age. DNA samples taken while tracking the ...

Bowhead whales feed in echelon formation near Camden Bay, Alaska in August 17, 2016. (Photo by Lisa Barry / NOAA/NMFS/AFSC/MML, NMFS Permit No. 14245-4) ...

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SITKA, Alaska (AP) - Data collected by Alaska wildlife biologists reveals that Baranof Island had an unknown native mountain goat population dating back to the Ice Age. DNA samples taken while ...