NOAA Fisheries whale experts were on the water near Juneau most of Monday, July 17, disentangling a well-known humpback whale calf from a crab pot line. Biologist John Moran, Auke Bay Laboratories, discovered the entanglement while he was out on the water conducting research Monday morning. Marine mammal experts Suzie Teerlink and David Gann from the NOAA […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers advised the public that “calving season is fully underway throughout much of Alaska, never approach a calf moose or come between a cow and calf moose,” after a moose trampling incident was reported in Nikiski on Monday evening. According to the report, residents in the area of the trampling reported seeing a […]
(STATEWIDE) — A newborn moose calf found alone in the woods — or even in your backyard — can appear helpless and abandoned. But don’t be fooled. Destitute as those big-eyed babies may seem, a protective mother is almost always nearby. Newborn moose calves, deer fawns, and tiny bear cubs are already being seen […]
Seward, AK (October 03, 2017) –The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) received a stranded male beluga whale calf from Cook Inlet on Saturday, September 30. The solitary animal, estimated at two to four weeks old, was found stranded near Trading Bay in western Cook Inlet. The calf was first spotted from a helicopter by a National […]