Kittlitz’s Murrelets and the Kenai Fjords — What a Small Seabird Can Reveal About a Changing Ocean

The Kittlitz’s murrelet is among North America’s most mysterious seabirds – solitary and scarce across its range, with a life history still only partly understood. A member of the alcid family (which includes puffins, murres, and auklets), this small seabird does not announce itself with bright plumage, nor gather in gregarious breeding colonies like some […]

Shedding Light on Molting Ice Seals

By Juliana Kim, Mammalogist and PHOCAS research trainer We previously posted a blog about the PHOCAS project, a research program at the Alaska SeaLife Center that exemplifies how science and animal training can intersect to achieve conservation goals. The ‘Training for Science’ blog showcased several different ways in which our resident ringed and spotted seals […]

Listening for endangered Cook Inlet Belugas

This week we want to highlight some great research being done by our collaborators. It has been just over a month since the Wildlife Response Team at the Alaska SeaLife Center responded to, and rescued a baby beluga who stranded in Cook Inlet. The young male, Tyonek, has been making steady progress on his way […]