In the murky backwaters of Alaska’s Susitna River basin, northern pike are gorging. A peer-reviewed study published in May ...
A University of Alaska Fairbanks study focusing on the Deshka River found that the predators have become even more voracious as the climate has warmed.
Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer and moose. In late 2020, a female coastal wolf ...
Water washes over fish in a subsistence net on Kanakanak Beach (Brian Venua/KDLG) Alaskans eat a lot of fish. So many, in fact, that the federal government announced Thursday that the state needs to ...
A decade-long comparison of northern pike diets in Southcentral Alaska shows they now consume about 60% more fish by mass than before, increasing pressure on already struggling Chinook salmon ...
The governor of Alaska, Sean Parnell, compared his approach to the budget with the way he eats ice cream: “I love to have a bowl of it at night. And if you put half a gallon of ice cream in the ...
Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...
Invasive northern pike have wreaked havoc in Southcentral Alaska rivers and lakes. Introduced illegally in the 1950s, they have been devouring juvenile salmon and other native species. Now a ...