Wildlife authorities say that a new wolf pack has established a territory in Raseborg, but that its future is in doubt after the apparent shooting of its alpha male. Hunters had been issued with a special permit to shoot a young male.

The bears won’t hibernate if food remains available, so the continued availability of trash in the area has created a dangerous situation, biologists say.

Tissue from the recent necropsy on a humpback whale remains on Kincaid beach

Life in Bristol Bay’s villages is expensive. For Port Heiden residents, a gallon of shelf stable milk costs more than 20 dollars. Fresh milk isn’t available because it would take too long to ship. But they’re working on improving their access to fresh foods by producing their own.

Alaska is considered to be outside the range of cougars (also called mountain lions and panthers), but with cougar populations increasing in many western states and Canada, that could change.

A 1990 elk management plan recommended 100 animals as a reasonable number, based on resources available for the animals, Cathers said. But that number has since ballooned, causing more agricultural conflicts. Part of the problem goes back to 2008, when elk wintered in fenced off enclosures after winter ticks were discovered.

Five years after they were forced to come up with strategies to protect habitat for the boreal caribou, not a single province has met that deadline, according to a federal government progress report released today.

A leptospirosis bacteria outbreak is making sea lions sick along the Oregon Coast, so state officials are warning people and their dogs to stay away from the animals. The outbreak began in September and likely will last into December, said Jim Rice, a researcher at Oregon State University.

Mountain lion sightings have been reported in far Southeast Alaska for years, and one sighting has been confirmed.

The bear got into the facility through a door trucks use to access the building, a USPS spokeswoman said.

Increase in red voles and gray shrews, compared to the last three years.

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

A hunter from B.C. is recovering from a bear mauling earlier this week. Conservation officers say the attack was predatory, meaning the bear wanted to eat the man.

Far from the Arctic snow and ice, in brown bear territory, the adventurous two year old is soon to take a river trip back home.

A bowhead whale beached on the remote outpost in the Arctic Ocean, and the news spread fast among the island's bears.

Boy was mauled to death, his sister managed to escape and raised alarm.

Found what seems to be a kangaroo mouse and a normal mouse

Black bear found dead along lake trail.

Staff and passengers at Nyagan airport in fear of bear patrolling the runway and trying to break into terminal.

Dozens of moose carcasses were discovered last spring in a Lapland national park, and Finland animal disease watchdog Evira has since determined that the animals died of malnutrition. The reason why they were unable to find sustenance is a mystery, as the area had relatively normal temperatures and snowfall last winter.