Wildlife

The tourism board in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created the “Selfie Control” tool to reduce conflict between visitors and animals like bison and bears.

“If wasn’t for my dad, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Tyler Johnson said.

The wolf, which left the pair from Alaska with puncture wounds in their legs, was behaving as if prior motorists had fed it, Alaska State Troopers said.

The 32-year-old man was injured by the bear as well as a gunshot as the hunter and his partner tried to stop the attack Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said.

Alaska provides breeding grounds for two populations of sandhill cranes in North America. As migration season nears, they’re being spotted around local farms, streets and backyards.

The humpbacks were found dead in Icy Strait, a popular spot for boaters.

Fishing for the species has been slow as the calendar turns to August.

An opponent of the multiyear bear-killing program is defending her standing to be a plaintiff against the state.

The whale likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing gear, experts said. It is unlikely to survive long without its flukes, which are used for propulsion.

Wildlife managers believe the animals fell through thin ice during break up after examining their remains this summer.

When scientists want to go to Alaska’s most remote islands, they usually get a ride on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s R/V Tiglax.

Its caretaker named the young crow Hope because she’d read legends about white crows being a good omen and a sign of positive change.

Environmentalists say the rule falls short, some hunting advocates say it goes too far, and the legal fight over hunting practices is poised to continue.

Officials with Alaska State Parks had tried on multiple occasions to haze the bears away from the campground, but were unsuccessful.

After a steep population drop in Western Alaska’s reintroduced wood bison herd, a state biologist sees a plan for a new herd in the Interior as promising. But two tribal groups oppose it.

The new rule would bar sport hunters from using bait, such as bacon grease, pastries, syrup or dog food, to attract bears, the agency said.

The bear was shot just over a week after a similar incident left a woman injured and prompted officials to close two popular campgrounds to many users.

In two years, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has killed a total of 180 bears on Mulchatna herd calving grounds.

The black bear ripped into an occupied tent, injuring a woman early Friday at the Williwaw Campground, officials said.

A tourism worker and two police officers rescued a moose calf from “a sure demise” after it fell into a lake and got stuck last week.

Thousands and thousands of photographs were taken, and yet the bird remains a mystery.

Veterinarians are scarce in Indigenous communities but the need is great, given the diseases circulating in wildlife that can spread to pets and people, Murkowsi says.

It’s the latest case of someone mistaking wild baby animals such as coyotes or bobcats for abandoned domestic pets.