Nature & Outdoors

By Ned Rozell To the delight of the local mosquitoes, Nicholas Hasson steps through a tangle of prickly spruce branches while wearing a backpack that holds a scientific instrument. Hasson is walking as straight...

By Christina Larson AP Science Writer TAKOMA PARK, Md. — A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from...

An Alaska Earthquake center map of all the earthquakes that happened in 2020, including the epicenter of a

9th Circuit Overturns Decision That Walruses Don’t Require Endangered Species Act ProtectionThe Pacific walrus is threatened by climate change (Credit: USFWS)SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the...

By Ned Rozell I just so happened to be stretched out on good ol’ Mother Earth the other night when an earthquake happened. On a Memorial Day overnight canoe trip, a friend and I...

By Jeff Lund For the Juneau Empire Any weekend adventure typically has a few objectives with varying levels of enthusiasm. You’re excited about everything, but scaling does happen. The main objective for my...

By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire As readers of these essays know, I like to take a walk every day, just to see what I can see (or hear). I’m...

By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire A big tide-stranded log on the wetlands was studded with lots of little tufts of “moss.” It didn’t look a bit familiar to any...