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SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
Alaska Dispatch News7d
Gov. Dunleavy points to ‘temporary’ and ‘painful’ measures to address Cook Inlet gas crunch, as legislators say their role may be limited
As utilities warn of the possibility of rising costs and rolling blackouts, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and key lawmakers say ...
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Shedd Solves Mysteries of Baby Beluga’s Sex and Parentage, Now the Young Whale Needs a Name
Mom is 35-year-old Naya, but there are two mature males in Shedd’s pod. DNA testing revealed that Beethoven, the oldest male ...
Animal Welfare Institute3y
Good and Bad News for Belugas
On October 22, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) listed the Cook Inlet beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), citing that the subpopulation was in ...
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People flock to 47-foot sea creature that washed ashore — but how she died is a mystery
Fin whales can be found in the lower Cook Inlet, but not in the upper inlet as there isn’t enough food for them there, Mahoney said. Experts will conduct a necropsy to determine the animal’s ...
E&E23d
Feds crack open Alaska park to mining, fueling fears for beluga, brown bear
conservation groups have also fought activity around the Johnson Tract given its connection to habitat for brown bear, the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale and large tracts of pristine wilderness.
Alaska Dispatch News10d
Invasive freshwater fish able to swim through Alaska’s Cook Inlet, study proves
The documentation of salmon-eating northern pike in Southcentral estuaries, a North American first, shows a new way for the invasive species to spread ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
Yahoo7d
Gov. Dunleavy points to 'temporary' and 'painful' measures to address Cook Inlet gas crunch, as legislators say their role may be limited
"Unfortunately, those beluga whales create a lot of headaches for anyone that wants to do anything in the Cook Inlet," he said. (The Cook Inlet population of beluga whales is federally listed as ...