CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska’s Katmai coast have led scientists to ...

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Wolves on the Alaskan coast now regularly kill and eat sea otters and harbor seals, scientists have discovered. The finding suggests that the coastal wolves can adapt their hunting behavior — and may ...

A wolf attacks a seal in coastal Alaska. Researchers from Oregon State University, the National Park Service, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently published a paper outlining the first ...

Pleasant Island in Alaska is not exactly befitting of its name. The frigid, 20-square-mile island is uninhabited by humans, but it hosts a remarkably large and rich ecosystem that features deer, ...

Wolves can survive by eating many different prey animals. Scientists call this plasticity, meaning they are flexible in what they can survive on. Typically, the big canines have one species they ...

For many years the islands off Alaska’s coast have enjoyed a relatively steady balance between small critters and large, prey species and predators. This was especially true for the largest predator ...

The Erie Otters were ‘that’ team on Oct. 11. The dreaded one no one wants to be recognized as, even if only in passing. The one that’s the first victim of an opponent which began play with a notable ...