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Poachers caught on video killing mother bear and cubs at den in Alaska

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2018

Red flags abound as a warming Arctic opens up to shipping

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2018

Cool birds don’t sing: Study automates acoustic monitoring of songbird migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jun 2018

Muskox and other Arctic mammals are feeling the heat of climate change

Gloria Dickie 23 Jan 2018
Female bear with cubs observe a visitor

Spot the pattern: Whisker-prints and citizen science

Lalini Pedris 15 Sep 2017

Humpback whales learn habitat loyalty from their mothers, Alaskan study shows

Teresa L. Carey 22 Nov 2016

Alaska’s salmon and Vietnam’s doucs: wildlife narratives by Producer Tim Plowden

Shannon Cuthbert 26 Sep 2016

New species of extinct dolphin discovered in museum collection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Aug 2016

Alaska’s first new butterfly species in decades could be rare hybrid

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Mar 2016

Arctic Ocean acidifies, threatening food web and major fisheries

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 14 Jul 2015

U.S. gov’t gives conditional approval for offshore Arctic drilling

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 May 2015

Scientists call on Obama to stop logging in old growth forests

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Throng of 35,000 walruses is largest ever recorded on land, sign of warming arctic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Oct 2014

Alaska roasting: new NASA map shows the Final Frontier in grip of January heatwave

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2014

Yukon Flats experiencing more wildfires now than in the last 10,000 years

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2013

NASA image shows nearly ice-free Alaska as temps top 96 degrees

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2013

Shell suspends Arctic oil drilling for the year

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

Arctic oil rig runs aground

Jeremy Hance 2 Jan 2013

Legislation leaves future of world’s largest temperate rainforest up in the air

Jeremy Hance 27 Nov 2012

Picture of the day: Shell drilling rig within view of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Jeremy Hance 29 Oct 2012

Future of the Tongass forest lies in salmon, not clear-cut logging

Austin Williams 25 Oct 2012

Another mishap kills Shell’s Arctic oil drilling for the year

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2012

Shell begins offshore drilling in the Alaskan Arctic

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2012

Obama approves preparation for oil drilling in Arctic, Shell en route

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Shell running out of time to drill in U.S. Arctic – this year

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2012

Featured video: restoring rivers in the Tongass Rainforest

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2012

Obama Administration, Shell moving ahead with Arctic oil exploitation

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2012

Alaskan fishermen tell government to focus on salmon, not logging

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2012

U.S. legislation threatens oldest, tallest trees in Tongass rainforest

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2012

Opposition rising against U.S. Arctic drilling

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Photos: camera traps reveal oil’s unexpected impact on Arctic birds

Jeremy Hance 26 Oct 2011

Obama administration opens more of the Arctic to drilling

Jeremy Hance 5 Oct 2011

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