Alaska Outdoors

How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?

How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?

It’s not how you think.

How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?
Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

Meet an evolutionary loner.

Alaska blackfish in a world of its own
The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)

Forest Service fishing for student art of fish in Alaska

How good are your fish drawing skills?

The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’

West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’

Rock bottom no more.

West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?

Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?

Who says money doesn’t grow on trees?

Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
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