Alaska Outdoors

Another decade down

Another decade down

Here’s to the next 10.

Another decade down
Take a deep breath: How animals, like big blue whales and lungless salamanders, breathe

Take a deep breath: How animals, like big blue whales and lungless salamanders, breathe

Inhale, exhale (or not).

Take a deep breath: How animals, like big blue whales and lungless salamanders, breathe
The demise of Scotch Cap lighthouse

The demise of Scotch Cap lighthouse

“A severe earthquake was felt.”

The demise of Scotch Cap lighthouse
Winter may be here

Winter may be here

… it’s about time.

Winter may be here
A tree swallow flies from a nesting box after feeding chicks at the Juneau Community Gardens in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
A tree swallow flies from a nesting box after feeding chicks at the Juneau Community Gardens in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Who’s calling who? Lessons from a failed waterfowl hunt.

Who’s calling who? Lessons from a failed waterfowl hunt.

Without illogical enthusiasm, we might not learn new things.

Who’s calling who? Lessons from a failed waterfowl hunt.
Waterfowl hunting season to close next week

Waterfowl hunting season to close next week

The season will go later next year.

Waterfowl hunting season to close next week
Famous shooters of noxious spray

Famous shooters of noxious spray

What do skunks, beetles and octopuses all have in common?

Famous shooters of noxious spray
Bear with them, they’re learning

Bear with them, they’re learning

Lecture examines behavior of not-quite adult bears

Bear with them, they’re learning
Sustainable Alaska: Saving Energy at UAS

Sustainable Alaska: Saving Energy at UAS

How the campus saves energy (and money).

Sustainable Alaska: Saving Energy at UAS
Redoubt’s big impact 30 years ago

Redoubt’s big impact 30 years ago

The eruption that nearly brought down a passenger jet.

Redoubt’s big impact 30 years ago
The story of five spawning salmon

The story of five spawning salmon

It’s tough sledding for Dredge Lakes salmon.

The story of five spawning salmon
A little brown bat. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Dogs make the best bat-scent detectors, helping local researchers

The excellent noses of dogs are put to work in bat research.

A little brown bat. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
Deer taken on Douglas was third lowest last year in 22 years. What’s going on?
Deer taken on Douglas was third lowest last year in 22 years. What’s going on?
Thankful for being overwhelmed

Thankful for being overwhelmed

Happy to be living in Southeast.

Thankful for being overwhelmed
Birds of a different feather can hunt together

Birds of a different feather can hunt together

There’s a reason they call ravens ‘wolf-birds.’

Birds of a different feather can hunt together
What killed the world’s giants?

What killed the world’s giants?

Lions in Alaska? Yes, it’s a thing.

What killed the world’s giants?
The telltale signs of approaching winter are here

The telltale signs of approaching winter are here

The signs of the times.

The telltale signs of approaching winter are here
Dirty glaciers all over the world

Dirty glaciers all over the world

Chalk it up to rocks.

Dirty glaciers all over the world
Keep the lows, medium

Keep the lows, medium

‘You’re on a roll, Lund.’

Keep the lows, medium