An orphaned sea otter pup discovered alone on an Alaska beach is now getting 24/7 care, rescuers said. The young otter " was found unusually far from the water during low tide, and his mother was ...

JUNEAU, Alaska --Strange sea creatures that resemble large pink thimbles are showing up on the coast of southeast Alaska for the first time after making their way north along the West Coast for ...

The 49th state is home to an astounding variety of wildlife — entire itineraries have been built around viewing animals. Here's the rundown on Alaska's wildlife.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Strange sea creatures that resemble large pink thimbles are showing up on the coast of southeast Alaska for the first time after making their way north ...

Halley Werner, an animal care specialist at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, bottle feeds a sea otter pup around 7 a.m. on Oct. 12. (Emily Mesner / ADN) ...

On Tuesday, the Steller sea lion died, and Good, with support from four volunteers from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Museum of the Aleutians, performed a four-hour necropsy ...

A pilot spotted “white specks” in an Alaska bay and realized it was a pod of sea creatures, Alaska officials said. The pod of beluga whales was seen off the coast of Lake Clark National Park ...

In the 1960s, Alaska’s wildlife agency moved more than 400 sea otters from the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska to reintroduce them to their historic range. A count in 2000 estimated 12,000 ...

The vast majority of cases involve entanglements in fishing gear or marine debris, and Steller sea lions made up the vast majority of the animals that fell victim, said a report released by the ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

KOTZEBUE, Alaska — In this Far North village, no animal provides more protein to fill freezers than the bearded seal. A single seal can supply hundreds of pounds of meat, enough to feed a large ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Strange sea creatures that resemble large pink thimbles are showing up on the coast of southeast Alaska for the first time after making their way north along the West Coast for ...