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 Alaskan who hunts, fishes, traps and wants to keep doing it — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Complimentary Alaska excursions include a scenic railway tour aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway in Skagway, the Sea Otter & Wildlife Quest in Sitka Sound, and more. For an additional ...

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