Pleasant Island in Alaska is not exactly befitting of its name. The frigid, 20-square-mile island is uninhabited by humans, but it hosts a remarkably large and rich ecosystem that features deer, ...

Wolves, bears, and their primary prey differ strikingly in their characteristics and requirements and their responses to management. In Alaska, wolves are found over most of their historic range at ...

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 ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wolves likely killed a teacher running alone along a rural Alaska village road, public safety officials said yesterday. The Alaska State Medical Examiner listed "multiple injuries ...

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. "We spent quite a bit of time ...

If wolves in Alaska act in this manner, even though the removal of wolves might yield more prey over the short run, substantial reductions in wolves could increase rather than decrease fluctuations in ...