Bears are iconic. From good old teddy to the picnic basket-loving scamp of Jellystone, humans seem to love the pot-bellied mammal. Even the illustrated Smokey the Bear, modeled after a real foundling ...

Alaska Wildlife Troopers are urging hunters across the state not to illegally waste meat from their kills this season, after online reports of unharvested animals in the Nome area. Hunting is one of ...

A wide variety of Arctic animals, including polar bears, are being exposed to a tick-borne pathogen normally associated with rabbits and hares, a newly published study said. The findings are intended ...

A 200-pound male walrus calf that was found wandering alone on Alaska’s North Slope on Aug. 1 is now being bottle-fed and receiving cuddles around the clock from animal welfare workers. According to a ...

Apr. 13—Overwhelming scenery. Overwhelming distances. Overwhelming daylight. Overwhelming adventure. That word — overwhelming — describes the more than 1,400-mile Alaska-Canadian Highway (ALCAN) that ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn't your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation. “They were ...