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The biggest day that isn’t opening day: draw results

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The biggest day that isn’t opening day: draw results

A hunt is never limited to a sequence of events never to be shared.

Homing pigeons use magnetic sense to locate their home roost.

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It’s magnetic: How animals use their senses to find home

A real-life function of magnetic sense is known in many animals.

Juneau guides help film crew capture something never seen before on film: wolves catching salmon at night

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Juneau guides help film crew capture something never seen before on film: wolves catching salmon at night

They found themselves sitting in the dark, surrounded by wolves.

Sundogs, light pillars enliven the dog days

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Sundogs, light pillars enliven the dog days

There are some rewards that come with cold, clear skies.

Who eats ferns?

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Who eats ferns?

Bracken fern is notorious for its toxins.

Of words and warmth

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Of words and warmth

They say the next best thing to fly fishing is reading about fly fishing.

Courtesy photo | Deborah Rudis                                 Mountain sentinels: Snow-laden trees at Eaglecrest Ski Area on Sunday.

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Strange winter: Warm December yields to deep cold January

December was so warm that beavers stayed active, collecting branches for their winter caches and dam repairs, leaving…

Wild flowers with Echo Ranch horses on the edge of Berners Bay. (Courtesy Photo | Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos.

Alaska Science Forum: Keeping the carbon in Alaska forests

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Alaska Science Forum: Keeping the carbon in Alaska forests

Time is running short to reduce carbon emissions.

Courtesy photo                                Author Jeff Lund on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho.

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Confessions from an angler and hunter: I have a gear-collecting problem

Companies should put the serve in service.

Courtesy Photo | Joan Travers                                 Inspiring Girls Expeditions is holding two tuition-free expeditions for 16- and 17-year-old girls in Alaska this summer.

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Program introduces girls to science expeditions in wilderness

Expeditions in Alaska will explore a glacier and the intertidal zone.

A winter walk in Gustavus

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A winter walk in Gustavus

The day began in quiet leisure.

Glacier in retreat: What the Taku is teaching us about climate change

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Glacier in retreat: What the Taku is teaching us about climate change

A changing climate has caught up with the glacier.

Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire                                Stephen Lewis, a researcher with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gives a presentation on golden eagles in Alaska at University of Alaska Southeast on Thursday.

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Scientists seek to learn more about Alaska’s golden eagles

Golden eagles are the most widespread eagle on Earth.

Eric Prestegard, outgoing executive director of Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc., leads a tour of the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery in this January 2016 file photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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DIPAC’s longtime executive director retires

He had been executive director since 2002.

Adeline Hiemstra, a 14-year-old eighth grader at Randy Smith Middle School in Fairbanks, presented at the massive American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December 2019 in San Francisco. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

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Northern news from a massive conference

Alaska Science Forum.

Like the first time

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Like the first time

Hearing ourselves out.

Fungi — more friends than foe

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Fungi — more friends than foe

It would be a dull life without them.

At the tipping point: How do we stop cruise ship tourism from going overboard?

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At the tipping point: How do we stop cruise ship tourism from going overboard?

How did we get here and are we doing enough to protect our town from tourism’s effects?

Ice fog forms at about minus 35 Fahrenheit. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

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The physics of 40 below

Life rolls on.