Like any coastal city, the impacts of climate change are a concern for Anchorage's leaders. But in Alaska, the concerns are even direr.

Back in 2011, Naruto was just an anonymous macaque in the jungles of Indonesia. On one particular day, however, the photogenic primate happened upon a wildlife photographer's camera and snapped a "monkey selfie."

A US lawsuit over who owns the copyright to selfie photographs snapped by a macaque monkey in 2015 has been settled before a federal court could answer the novel legal question. Under the deal, the photographer whose camera was used to take the photo agreed to donate 25 per cent of any future revenue to charities dedicated to protecting crested macaques, lawyers for an animal-rights group said.

Veteran Alaska Rep. Don Young has apologized after he lashed out at a freshman lawmaker during a House floor debate and said she "doesn't know a damn thing what she's talking about." Young, 84, a Republican in his 23rd term as Alaska's sole House member.

Rep. Don Young was forced to apologize to a female lawmaker Thursday after addressing her as "young lady" and saying on the House floor that she "doesn't know a damn thing what she's talking about." Young, an Alaska Republican, lashed out at Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal from Washington during a floor debate over an amendment to the 2018 government spending package regarding wildlife management and national preserves in Alaska.

Two Wyoming laws that seek to discourage environmental activists from trespassing in the process of gathering data about wildlife, streams and other natural resources on ranchland could run afoul of free-speech protections, an appeals court ruled Thursday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that just because somebody is violating the usual laws against trespassing doesn't mean their free-speech rights aren't protected.

Wildlife advocates and a Montana Indian tribe have asked a U.S. court to restore protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park so that trophy hunting of the fearsome animals would not be allowed. The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Humane Society and several conservation groups filed three lawsuits Tuesday and Wednesday in federal court in Montana, challenging the government's recent move to lift protections.

A native American band says its anglers have caught about 20,000 fish following the collapse of a commercial net pen rearing farmed Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. The Lummi Nation say its fishermen have brought in about 90,700 kilograms of the non-native species since it declared a state of emergency Thursday.

The Columbiana County Health Department reported Tuesday that the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, will distribute Oral Rabies Vaccine baits in the county Aug. 21 through Sept. 1. ORV baits will be distributed in eastern Ohio counties along with areas on the corridor of the Ohio River in Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.

The odds had been stacked against "Hajar,... . In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, a lion rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo cuddles her newborn cub in the Ma'wa Wildlife Reserve in northern Jordan.

Q&A: What does the US military do on Guam, a small island and U.S. territory in the Pacific?. Q&A: What does the US military do on Guam, a small island and U.S. territory in the Pacific?.

New details are emerging on President Trump's border wall and the possible locations where it could be built, including wildlife centers, private property and federal land. Pre-decisional maps obtained from U.S. Border Patrol outline the possible path the wall could take, pending approval and congressional funding.

Per the 2014 Farm Bill certifying all crops on your farm is required for participation in the ARC or PLC Program. If you fail to certify per regulations, and benefits should become available under the 2017 program, you would be ineligible to receive them.

In November, US Customs and Border Protection will start building the first part of President Trump's border wall through a Texas wildlife refuge and a 15-mile area in San Diego, using money it has already received from Congress. But in order to do that, the Trump administration will need to circumvent a number of environmental reviews and regulations.

The latest count from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries - through its LA Creel surveys - shows Louisiana's recreational fishermen have taken 709,595 pounds of red snapper through July 16. That number is near 300,000 pounds shy of the self-imposed state quota of 1.04 million pounds allotted for the 39-day season, which continues to run Fridays through Sundays. This latest number came after an estimate of 655,603 pounds hauled in through July and represents the increased participation for recreational anglers in this season, which followed the shortest-ever June 1-3 season announced earlier this year by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council through the National Marine Fisheries Service.

This April 18, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows a grey wolf. A federal report says gray wolves killed a record number of livestock in Wyoming in 2016, and wildlife managers responded by killing a record number of wolves that were responsible.

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, lifted a preliminary injunction that had prevented the Fish and Wildlife Service from releasing more Mexican gray wolves. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Environmentalists are concerned that a proposed spending plan for the U.S. Interior Department calls for a study to determine whether Mexican gray wolves are a genetically distinct subspecies.

A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 6, 2011. Native American tribes, clans and leaders from seven states and Canada say the U.S. government's recent decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area violates their religious freedom.