News

Ocean activist Dan Haifley says planned cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget would harm ...
Manage preferences for further information and to change your choices. Hint: it’s less than 1% — a lot less.
The program offers undergraduates from across the country the opportunity to study the biological sciences in Alaska.
Every year, friends, family, and community members are invited to take a firsthand look at what students at Tri-Valley School ...
Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ...
A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...
Seth Kantner is a commercial fisherman, wildlife photographer, wilderness guide and is the author of the best-selling novel ...
Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...
The sense of total isolation felt rejuvenating as I hopped off the hiker bus in the heart of Denali National Park. My two ...
The Wrangell Narrows is a sliver of water that cuts through Southeast Alaska like a secret passage, winding past islands, ...
Of the Kiks.adi Clan of Sitka, Ixt’Ik’Eesh has been harvesting herring fish eggs for most of his life. His earliest ...
For generations, Native Americans prized dentalium or tusk shells as currency, status symbols and sacred objects. Harvested ...