Exploring Katmai’s wild coast Our floatplane skimmed low over a grassy headland. I pressed my nose against the window to see a family of brown bears ambling along…
Calling all moose In the arctic stillness, on the far side of the river, an unmistakable racket echoed in the bright afternoon: the thrashing of a bull moose…
You never know what you’ll find hiking a wilderness trail Under an azure sky stretching unblemished to Denali’s icy dome, the morning air crisp and fresh after autumn’s…
A new arrival in Glacier Bay STEALTH IS NOT AN OPTION WHEN YOU’RE TRAMPING THROUGH WILLOWS. Schlock, schkoomp! My boots sink into ankle-deep muck, threatening to pull off…
Labradors aid scientific research WITH NOSES 10,000 TIMES SHARPER THAN A HUMAN’S, dogs have served to detect the missing, the dangerous, the unbidden
A Net Made of Bubbles The unusual feeding technique of humpback whales [by Will Rice]
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Melting glaciers may influence earthquake activity. Colliding tectonic plates are the driving force behind the hundreds of earthquakes that happen in Alaska every week, but developing science may…