The bipartisan bill aims to close a loophole that allows some Alaskans to hunt and fish as residents despite spending little time in the state.

Alaskans seeking to get resident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses may soon need to meet most of the same standards needed to get a Permanent Fund dividend. In a 27-12 vote Friday, the Alaska ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Grizzly bears search for migrating salmon to help fatten up for the winter hibernation, at Brooks Falls in Katmai ...

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form ...

WWF partners with Alaska Native communities to reduce conflicts, support youth, and protect wildlife as the Arctic rapidly ...

Huge herds of migrating caribou. Musk ox in their shaggy coats. Bears, wolves, wolverines. Sheep and goats high in the mountains. Millions of swirling seabirds. Nesting ducks and geese and songbirds!

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...