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Rare Albino Fur Seal Pup Stands Out

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Sep 23, 2020 Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center

NOAA Fisheries Affiliate Vladimir Burkanov discovered an albino fur seal on a recent research trip to the remote island of Tyuleny in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. The reddish-gold pup has very light colored eyes and pink flippers. It was born in July on the island, which supports a large fur seal colony. The […]

White killer whale spotted in Southeast

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Aug 15, 2020 Featured, Science/Education, Southeast Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science

People in an 80-foot charter boat out of Petersburg recently saw what a biologist described as a “less-than-once-in-a-lifetime” event: a white killer whale swimming through the sea. UAF graduate student Stephanie Hayes was on the Northern Song, operated by Captain Dennis Rogers, on August 7, 2020, just offshore of the village of Kake. Hayes, […]