Marine heat waves have halved Alaska’s common murre population. A study links these declines to food shortages.

Marine heatwaves are periods of warmer-than-usual ocean waters 4 million common murres died during a heatwave between 2014-2016 The event wiped out half of Alaska's seabird population Marine ...

Murres, a common seabird, look a little like flying penguins. These stout, tuxedo-styled birds dive and swim in the ocean to ...

Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds that colony ...

(Clarise Larson/KTOO) Alaska Airlines plans to suspend its early morning 5 a.m. daily flight between Juneau and Seattle beginning next month. The final flight will be on Jan. 5. The early bird ...

But in 2015 and 2016, officials tallied 62,000 emaciated corpses from California to Alaska. Since then, scientists have been piecing together what happened to the birds, along with other species ...

An Alaska Airlines plane prepares for take off ... The final flight will be on Jan. 5. The early bird option is a staple for Juneau travelers, especially those who head to Seattle for work or ...

When Heather Renner and her colleagues began noticing thousands of common murres washing up on Alaskan beaches nearly a decade ago, they knew something was terribly wrong. It would take years of ...

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