The west side of Cook Inlet features a string of four volcanoes

The Wood Frog is the northernmost amphibian in North America

The Sunflower Star population has decreased in recent years

The history of pigeons in Alaska, and when they arrived in the Homer area

The important role alder play in salmon habitat

Kachemak Bay's abundant Sea Jellies play a key role in the food web

The Bar-Tailed Godwit stops in Kachemak Bay on its migration north from New Zealand to the Yukon Delta. The return journey, from Western Alaska to New Zealand, is the longest non-stop migration of any animal.

Barnacles are one of the planet's oldest animals. This sessile crustacean affixes itself to rocks, docks, boats and marine mammals with its own fast-curing secretion.

Just as plankton refers to organisms in the water column that are not strong enough to move against the currents or tides, aerial plankton is a way of describing organisms in the air that are moved around by thermal updrafts, winds, and atmospheric circulation patters like the jet stream

German botanist Georg Wilhelm Steller explored coastal Alaska in the 18th century, and was the first non-native to document six species, including the Steller's Jay and the now extinct Steller's Sea Cow.