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Mycoplasma phocimorsus is a zoonotic pathogen, often transmitted from seals, that is resistant to common antibiotics and can ...

The proposal would reestablish state authority to manage sport hunting and trapping in federal territory that is part of the ...

An unexpected glint now catches the light whenever Tundra opens his mouth. The 800-pound Alaska brown bear has received what officials describe as the largest veterinary dental crown ever created, ...

An Alaska doctor has documented the first case of a rare and potentially risky infection from contact with a brown bear. The infection is known as “seal finger” and people typically get it handling ...

Brown bears can be infected with multiple tapeworms at once. Brown bears get infected with tapeworms thanks to eating salmon. Tapeworms can grow up to 30 feet long in the brown bear’s intestines. Wild ...

Brown bear, Coastal bear or known as Grizzly bear in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska© Fotopro_929/Shutterstock.com Wild bears are prone to contracting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown bear mother and cub rest in a meadow in Hallo Bay in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Hallo Bay’s salt marshes attact large ...

Alaska officials hope to protect a struggling caribou herd & bring back a critical subsistence hunt. Critics say the culling program isn't supported by available science.

Scientists from Alaska Pacific University (APU) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can reliably recognize individual brown ...

Wild bears are prone to contracting parasitic infections. Some of the most common are intestinal parasites. In most cases, healthy bears tolerate parasites well and rid themselves of them before any ...