An endangered fin whale washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska attracting dozens of curious observers as wildlife biologists investigated the reason behind the marine animal's death. The carcass ...

SITKA, Alaska— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Alexander Archipelago wolves in Southeast Alaska may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act and started a year-long ...

When many prey species became extinct—probably in part because of human hunters—the dire wolf may have been doomed, and the gray wolf swept down from northern Canada and Alaska to fill the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect a rare Arctic plant called the Alaskan glacier buttercup under the Endangered ...