Jan. 8—Alaskans find ways to keep warm in the darkest days of winter: puffy coats, bunny boots, flights to Arizona. But how do the birds of the only Arctic state stay cozy when the mercury dips and ...

Common murres are clustered together on a cliff ledge in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on July 30, 2019. Annual monitoring of key nesting sites has found that the common murre ...

There are flutterings of a small movement taking wing in Alaska to change the state bird from willow ptarmigan to raven. Supporters say the raven is a better fit to represent Alaskans. Among positive ...

In the next few weeks, millions of songbirds, shorebirds and waterfowl will begin arriving in Alaska to breed. These migratory birds -- some of which wintered in Southeast Asia -- could bring with ...

Alaska is considered the most likely source of entry for the avian flu into the United States. Elizabeth Arnold reports on how scientists there are working with the federal government to check ...

A year after a highly contagious strain of avian influenza was first detected in Alaska, the state veterinarian said the ongoing outbreak continues to pose a serious threat to wild birds and domestic ...

Lonely northern cliffs from which scientists have pulled the bones of Alaska dinosaurs also hold the fossilized remains of birds. Lauren Keller is studying the tiny specks of teeth and bones of birds ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian ...

Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska’s North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the ...

For five years in a row, masses of dead birds have been turning up on Alaska shorelines. The big die-offs involve different species in different places and different seasons of the year, but there are ...

The search for the first wild bird carrying a deadly flu virus to North America is under way on a lonely stretch of coastal salt marsh on the outskirts of Alaska’s largest city. Biologists are ...