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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...