Wildlife

Eider, the world's prettiest musk ox, Palmer, Alaska, March 2025

Welcome to my wildlife blog! From wolves to whales, moose to musk oxen, I’ve been honored to have had encounters with many of Alaska’s iconic wildlife species.

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• Diving into the data: UAA grad student analyzes sea otter behavior

• KPC students gain ‘hands-on’ experience during whale necropsy

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• UAA grad student investigates the connection: volcanoes, lake trout and public health

• UAA undergrads study wolf behaviors with ADF&G

• Ice seals of the Bering Sea

• Hunting for extreme microbes

• Researching Alaska's apple orchard pollinators

• Studying biofouling in Port Valdez