Wolverines and lynx and bears, oh my! Social media in Alaska’s largest city is alive with reports of all three. Dorothy, the Tinman and Scarecrow would be positively petrified. The local newspaper […]
Wildlife invade
Wildcat wrangler
All Kytra Petersen Workman saw through the window looking onto her deck Wednesday was furry legs, so she went to investigate. What she found was a bit of a shock: The lynx […]
Dangerous bear
UPDATE – Shortly after this story was written, after four weeks of dodging the question of whether an Anchorage-area man was killed by a predatory bear, the Alaska Department of Fish and […]
Second bear fatality
Second Alaskan in two days killed by a bear
Denali bear dead
A Denali National Park and Preserve grizzly bear that had taken to chasing people in the Savage River area in hopes of obtaining food might have had a reason. Park rangers who […]
Grizzly bear gone lost
Fate may have intervened to save the life of a young grizzly bear on whose head Denali National Park officials imposed a death sentence earlier this month. The subadult bear appeared doomed […]
Denali bear death sentence
A young Denali Park grizzly bear that decided people are to play with has been handed a death sentence. Officials at the 6-million-acre wilderness park in the heart of the 49th state […]
Mountain biker’s bear death
A mountain biker killed by a bear in Montana appears to mark only the second time a cyclist has died after such a confrontation, but there could be lessons in the […]
Beautiful evening disaster
The woman killed by a semi-truck along the Seward Highway Tuesday evening was a former Minnesotan and lover of Alaska who took great joy in posting photos of her adopted state on […]
