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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the fastest-growing sectors for flightseeing in Alaska is helicopter flightseeing. Hovering over a blue pool on a ...

Holland America Line announces $70 million capital investment that expands guest capacity and enhances land and sea ...

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sea otters, whales — and ultimately people, who rely on oceans for food. The oceans have become 30 percent more acidic because of the carbon pollution we're pumping into the atmosphere. We're already ...