The state and the North Slope Borough had been seeking to compel NMFS to delist ringed seals, meaning remove the threatened ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...