A fundamental difference between the original Harriman Alaska Expedition and this 2001 venture is there was no one specializing in marine mammals on board. Not only that, but expedition leader C.

Otters don't have a blubber layer like most marine mammals, it's the fur that keeps them warm and allows them to live in Alaskan waters." A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by ...

In the heat of debate over salmon farming, Alaska banned all finfish farming, except for a very narrow window for goldfish ...

The authorization of the secretary of commerce to enter into cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to conserve marine mammals and provide co-management of their subsistence use by ...

adding that it is the only organization "authorized to rehabilitate live stranded marine mammals in the state of Alaska." The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Washington is only one of four zoos ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect marine mammals from being killed by ...

The ocean around Alaska is now becoming inhospitable for several marine species, including red king crab and sea lions, experts say. A warmer Bering Sea is also ushering in new species ...

Marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal ... Canada, and southeast Alaska, but females and pups stay near the ...

CREDIT: Marine Mammal Research Program, UHM/ SOEST. The new study looked at a population of humpback whales in southeast (SE) Alaska that eventually migrates to Hawaiʻi to mate during the winter.

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur ... In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the ...

Harms that embedded microplastics might cause to marine mammals are yet to be determined ... subsistence-harvested animals between 2000 and 2021 in Alaska, California and North Carolina. Twelve ...