ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seal oil has been a staple in the diet of Alaska’s Inupiat for generations. The oil — ever-present in households dotting Alaska coastlines — is used mainly as a ...

A die-off of fur seals last year at St. Paul is the first compelling case of fatal saxitoxin poisoning in marine mammals, ...

A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2024 decision rejecting attempts to strip ...

Federal regulations largely put an end to the luxury trade in seal pelts decades ago, but a reopened tannery in Alaska has created a new market for sealskin garments made by Alaska Natives.

Alaska Native Medical Center kitchen staff get a lesson in traditional knowledge: Seal processing Haines hunter Tim Ackerman has been donating seal meat to the hospital since 2016. This month, for ...

According to the SeaLife Center, premature seal pups only have a roughly 50% survival rate after being admitted to the center’s wildlife response program.

U.S. government biologists are investigating the deaths of nearly 300 Arctic ice seals found on Alaska beaches since last summer, a phenomenon they suspect is driven by warming seas, federal ...

“Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of a Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home” has its roots in scientific research about ringed seals in Northwest Alaska that was conducted in the 1980s.

Navy SEAL Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Andrew “Sully” Sullivan was influenced by the Vietnam memorials and flags he often saw along the highways growing up in Massachusetts, helping ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) State regulators in Alaska are working with a Native organization that wants to serve its nursing home residents seal oil, a traditional staple that's banned in public ...

Kayok, a northern fur seal, found a permanent home at Mystic Aquarium after being rescued in Alaska. (Mystic Aquarium) She was spotted swimming erratically and struggling to forage for food.

Jan. 27—When a ringed seal pup wakes up, all she sees around is blue ice. From the first moments of her life in an ice cave to venturing out to the Arctic on her own, every step of the pup's ...