This was on full display last week while I was leading a photographic tour of bald eagles and sea otters in Alaska.

Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

Alaska’s public lands and waters are used by virtually every ... attended the Federal Subsistence Board meeting in Anchorage.

Alaska isn’t just about pretty ice; there’s also incredibly diverse and often charismatic wildlife! Whales, sea otters, puffins and Steller sea lions abound. Many day cruise operators focus on ...

California sea otters (a.k.a. southern sea otters, distinct from the northern Pacific subspecies found from Washington to Alaska) were nearly wiped out by the turn of the 20th century. An ...

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

Recovery efforts began in the 1960s and 1970s with translocation programs that moved otters from Alaska to previously inhabited areas along the western coast of North America. Today, the global sea ...

“At first I was overwhelmed, like a deer in the headlights. Then I watched folks go up and give testimony and change outcomes,” she said. “People in Alaska have more ability to influence how their ...

Recovery efforts began in the 1960s and 1970s with translocation programs that moved otters from Alaska to previously inhabited areas along the western coast of North America. Today, the global sea ...

From birds and reptiles to marine giants and iconic species in Africa, Antarctica, and the Amazon, a small-boat cruise offers ...