Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the summer of 2015 to the spring of 2016, beachgoers from Alaska to California encountered something very strange: the bodies ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A marine heat wave ...

It was a chilly, gray December morning on Front Beach in Unalaska and Megan Dean gripped her binoculars, counting birds in Iliuliuk Bay. “One, two, three, four,” Dean counted methodically, watching ...

In recent years, climate change has increasingly made headlines, but few stories are as alarming as the record heat wave that struck Alaska. The impact of this extreme weather event, which occurred ...

Now to the remote Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska. About a decade ago, people living there noticed something was missing. A once-abundant seabird seemed to be vanishing.

About four million common murres were killed by a domino effect of ecosystem changes, and the population is showing no signs of recovery, according to new research. By Catrin Einhorn The first ...

ALASKA, USA — The common murre is a bird that, until 10 years ago, fit its name. “The common murre is – or at least was – pretty common,” explained University of Washington Professor and Marine ...

(KRON) — A sick seabird with apparent oiled feathers was found on a beach at Point Reyes National Seashore, park officials said over the weekend. A wildlife biologist responded to Drakes Beach to ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KRON) — Days before a sick and oiled seabird was rescued from a beach at Point Reyes National Seashore, another of the same species was also found beached and covered in oil at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record 4 million common murres died as a result of a two-year marine heat wave in Alaska, a study found. A reduced murre colony ...