The dire state of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, which is now below 300 animals and has continued to decline, is blamed on a variety of factors. They include industrial noise, urban ...

Map of Cook Inlet, Alaska, with red pins where underwater recordings used for this study. Stripes show Cook Inlet beluga whale critical habitat, and the blue line shows designated Port of Alaska ...

The Department of Fish and Game is hopeful it will be able to open at least some beaches on the east side of Cook Inlet to clamming this year. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...

Augustine Volcano, which rises out of southern Cook Inlet, is seen from the air on March 7, 2023. The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has taken steps to prepare for a geothermal lease sale for tracts ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cook Inletkeeper filed a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to create a Cook Inlet beluga protection zone in the ...

A northern pike is seen swimming in this undated photo. Northern pike are native to much of Alaska, but not to the Southcentral region south of the Alaska Range. Illegal introductions that started in ...