Jensen–Olson Arboretum
Nationally significant Primula collections, rhododendrons, vegetables, meadow, and forest grow between mountains and Favorite Channel.
Alaska, United States: places and wildlife — page 3
Browse the published Explore collection for Alaska, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Alaska SeaLife Center
Seabirds, seals, sea lions, fish, invertebrates, touch pools, laboratories, and rehabilitation work interpret Alaska’s cold-water ecosystems without disguising the institution’s scientific mission.
Alaska Zoo
Polar bear, Amur tiger, musk ox, wolves, moose, birds, and rescued wildlife occupy a wooded hillside rather than a formal urban promenade.
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Bears, wood bison, musk ox, elk, wolves, moose, and other Alaska wildlife occupy a 1.
Musk Ox Farm
A nonprofit herd, calves, research, fiber production, and agricultural interpretation show musk oxen as more than distant tundra icons.
Sitka Sound Science Center
Touch tanks, local fish, a wolf eel, hatchery systems, laboratories, and a historic hydroelectric building connect public learning with active coastal science.
Golden Eagle
Utah’s state bird of prey is a powerful open-country eagle most often discovered as a dark, steady shape circling over cliffs and basins.
Mountain Bluebird
Idaho’s state bird flashes an almost unbroken blue across open mountain and sage country, often hovering briefly before dropping onto ground prey.
Western Redcedar
Western Redcedar is a very large conifer with fibrous reddish bark, drooping leader, and flattened sprays of scale leaves and is most meaningfully sought in moist forests, river terraces, wetlands, and shaded slopes across the Pacific Northwest.
Common Loon
Minnesota’s state bird is a superb underwater hunter whose haunting calls carry across northern lakes—but whose nest can fail after one careless wake.
Brook Trout
Follow this jewel-colored char from shaded headwaters to Adirondack ponds, where water quality shapes its future.