Iliamna Lake harbor seals, members of one of the world's five freshwater seal populations, rest on the ice surface of Alaska's biggest lake in this undated photo. Their ability to live in an ...

Alaska's Iliamna Lake harbor seals have been difficult to study because of their remoteness. They weren't even identified as harbor seals until 2013. Now, a new genetic study has found significant ...

In Alaska, harbor seals thrive in the chilled water of Iliamna Lake, sliding their blubbery bodies onto floating pieces of ice for a winter rest. This group of round-eyed water dwellers has remained a ...

That was the prevailing theme around the Ninilchik Harbor when we showed up with a 21-foot open setnet skiff, headed for Bristol Bay. I have traveled across Cook Inlet from Ninilchik a number of times ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The only known freshwater harbor seals in the U.S. should be listed as threatened or endangered, an environmental group said Thursday in its second petition for the animals.

A search was ongoing Tuesday morning for a man who reportedly washed out of a boat on Lake Iliamna, Alaska State Troopers said. Two men had taken a skiff Sunday evening from Igiugig and were traveling ...

Spies and reporters know the value of blending in. You want to be the gray man, and observe as much as you can without attracting attention to yourself. That wasn't going to happen in Iliamna. I flew ...

Mar. 7—Five people were seriously injured when a small plane crashed into a frozen lake in Southwest Alaska, state troopers said. Everyone in the plane survived the crash, which destroyed the Cessna ...

There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the most well-known, lives in the deepest, oldest lake in the world, 1,600 ...