Exclusively in Iliamna Lake, Alaska’s largest body of freshwater, lives a small population of rare freshwater seals — one of only two freshwater harbor seal populations in the world. Alaska natives, ...

However, perhaps the most enigmatic population of freshwater seals can be found a little closer to home in Alaska's Iliamna Lake. Despite their wider anonymity, the Iliamna seals have long been ...

Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around Alaska are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks–led study. The ...