A hybrid snow-Tanner crab. (NOAA Fisheries/Leah Zacher) A population of once-rare hybrid crabs has surged to record numbers, ...

A major marine heatwave in the Bering Sea set off a chain reaction that resulted in a dramatic surge in snow-Tanner hybrid ...

As the catch spilled onto the deck, other dead marine life came with it: a skate, crabs, jellyfish and, among the most ...

The gear that allows fishers to harvest large quantities at once can also catch unwanted marine life and harm seafloor ecosystems.

Alaska’s massive pollock fishery supplies everything from McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches to fish sticks and imitation ...

Climate reporter Annika Hammerschlag spent days on a trawling boat in the Bering Sea to develop an immersive, visually stunning package on how a heated ...

Alaska deep-sea sponge discovery: NOAA scientists described nine new species -- including one requiring an entirely new genus ...

The net rose from the heaving Bering Sea swells, packed so tightly with Alaska pollock that their heads squeezed through the webbing.

Alaska’s pollock trawlers unintentionally catch large numbers of salmon as runs collapse in western Alaska, fueling ...

The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries. The latest ...

Marine heat waves are usually seen as destructive events that can disrupt entire ocean ecosystems and trigger massive ...