On beings and biomes—the pacific walrus
By Megan Mason Dister, legal fellow “Walruses are coastline embodied,” writes Bathsheba Demuth...
16 June, 2026
Being and biomes—the mighty morel
By Christin Swearingen Walking through the burned forest, between black, bare trunks, my...
14 May, 2026
Beings and biomes—Alaska’s iconic brown bear
By Ashley Donovan, legal fellow Every summer, dozens of massive, powerful brown bears converge along the braided rivers,...
15 April, 2026
Beings and biomes—Arctic raptors
By Dawnell Smith A peregrine falcon pivots from soaring majesty to plummeting projectile...
16 March, 2026
On beings and biomes—the translucent bear
By Dawnell Smith In Phillip Pullman’s “The Dark Materials” books, the mighty polar bear finds himself exiled from his kingdom. Humans trick him into drunkenness, so...
12 February, 2026
Beings and biomes—life in the subnivean zone
By Madison Grosvenor The snow is finally falling in Southcentral. I have eagerly awaited skiing on fresh...
14 January, 2026
On beings and biomes—sea ice is everyone’s business
By Madison Grosvenor Though frozen, the sea ice biome is anything but still....
16 December, 2025
On beings and biomes–eelgrass is the sexiest plant alive
By Dawnell Smith Once upon a time, a land plant got salty. [caption id="attachment_20558"...
14 November, 2025
On beings and biomes—wetlands as the center of our everything
By Madison Grosvenor In Crossing the Swamp, poet Mary Oliver immerses us in...
17 October, 2025
On beings and biomes—the perpetual homecoming of migratory birds
by Dawnell Smith Three years ago, a four-month-old bar-tailed godwit flew nonstop for...
12 September, 2025
On beings and biomes—caribou and their migrations
By Madison Grosvenor Each year in Alaska, caribou carve their way across thousands...
13 August, 2025
On beings and biomes—beluga whales
By Dawnell Smith Beluga whales look every bit as darling as the ones...
10 July, 2025
Beings and biomes—an intertidal abundance
By Madison Grosvenor Twice a day, the ocean pulls away from Alaska's shorelines,...
12 June, 2025
On beings and biomes—a year in the tundra
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska’s tundra is a land of extremes, where life has...
14 April, 2025
Beings and biomes: keystone and indicator species
By Madison Grosvenor Imagine walking under the masonry arch of an old castle....
18 March, 2025
On beings and biomes–the Wolverine
By Dawnell Smith Wolverines belong to winter. They thrive in the cold, the mountains,...
13 February, 2025
On beings and biomes–the boreal forest
Welcome to the first in our series called “beings and biomes.” For...
15 January, 2025