The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a rejection of the state of Alaska’s petition to strip the Arctic ringed ...

Going Wild for Harlequins in Cold Bay, Alaska 9:27… I JUMPED into the bay to retrieve the harlequin.

The 9th Circuit uphold a lower court ruling and said the agency was reasonable in rejecting delisting of ringed seals.

Sea birds like long-tailed ducks can be seen on Minnesota's northern waters like Lake Superior in winter. Listen for their distinctive calls, which some describe as a yodel.

The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has welcomed an 8-week-old northern sea otter rescued from Alaska. The pup was brought to Shedd from the Alaska SeaLife Center.

A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found. The ...

This duck species gets its name from harlequins, colorfully attired and masked characters popular in Italian comedies. Prickly pear cactus in Dec. in northern Illinois.

Whether or not ocean farming takes off in Alaska, sea otters are the lynchpin of any kelp renaissance taking place within the species' range. You need sea otters to keep the urchins in check.

Working with park rangers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District, field researchers track the birds’ use of the boxes to study duck nesting ecology.

The majority of Alaska’s bird species are now at least moderately vulnerable to extinction. “Our mandates are all about biodiversity and maintaining species,” Magness says.