DESCRIPTION: Bearded seals get their name from their thick, elegantly curled, and very abundant whiskers. They’re the largest Arctic pinniped after the walrus, averaging 7.2 feet in length and 484 to ...

The Anchorage Museum is hosting three Alaska Native artists this week. They are teaching students and others about gut sewing, a traditional skill still used today to make rain gear. They're also ...

The mysteries behind what made Alaska seals and walrus sick last year and caused bald spots on polar bears this spring largely remain unanswered. For all of its advances, science isn't a silver bullet ...

KOTZEBUE, Alaska — In this Far North village, no animal provides more protein to fill freezers than the bearded seal. A single seal can supply hundreds of pounds of meat, enough to feed a large, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The federal government on Friday proposed listing two seals that depend on sea ice as threatened species because of the projected loss of ice from climate warming. The National ...

This week I was left utterly speechless by the photo of diver dwarfed by a massive jellyfish just off the coast of Cornwall. Can confirm I won’t be going in the sea anytime soon. Meanwhile a study of ...