ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ALASKA BEACON) - Environmentalists are seeking Endangered Species Act protections for an Arctic-dwelling bird that has not been documented in Alaska since 2018, Yereth Rosen with ...

NORTH SLOPE, Alaska — “Chick chick whirrr, chick whirrr.” Although it was a recorded birdsong that chattered through each of the poplar stands we entered, I still occasionally caught myself believing ...

During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where chickadees spent those long nights was a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the distinct North American subspecies of the gray-headed chickadee under the ...

AKD can severely impact a bird's ability to preen -- a behavior crucial to its survival. Here, a black-capped chickadee with a curved beak sits on a branch in Homer, Alaska.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gray-headed chickadee perches on branch at the Marsh Fork of the Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by ...