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OUTDOORS

Aerials from Birchwood to the Alaska Range

A small plane flight from the Birchwood Airport to the Alaska Range along the Susitna River.

ENVIRONMENT

Wasp infestation

Wasps become a nuisance for many in the Anchorage area as their activity increases in preparation for winter. Warren Brown of Alaska Affordable Pest Control knocks a nest out of a tree at the request of a homeowner Tuesday morning August 21, 2012 in south Anchorage.

WILDLIFE

Cat and caribou curiosity

A visiting caribou approaches a cat as the two satisfy their mutual curiosities in the yard of a Kalifornsky Beach Road home Sunday evening August 19, 2012 in Soldotna. "Roxy the cat was very curious and the two had quite the stare down!," said homeowner Stephanie Page. "In the end I think the two...

ENVIRONMENT

Niger Last Camel

Eighty percent of Niger's people and 100 percent of the landlocked nation's rural population depend on livestock, including camel, cows, sheep and goats, for some part of their income. For generations, nomads have lived in a precarious equilibrium with the sky above them. When the first rains come...

ENVIRONMENT

Suspected illegal high seas driftnet fishing

The Coast Guard cutter Rush, top, and a China Fishery Law Enforcement Command vessel, bottom, sail together while their respective crews meet together in order to transfer the custody of the suspected high seas drift net fishing vessel Da Cheng in the North Pacific Ocean Aug. 14, 2012.

ENVIRONMENT

Alaska Renewable Energy Fair 2012

Visitors enjoy workshops, solar and wind energy demonstrations, activities for kids, live music and a beer garden at the Alaska Renewable Energy Fair Saturday, August 11, 2012 on the Delaney Park Strip.

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic hard hit by warming

NEWS PHOTO GALLERIES

Matanuska River Takes Building in Sutton

The Matanuska River at Sutton just off the Glenn Highway swept away a quonset hut and a semi trailer and part of Sonny and Judy Johnston's home.

MARINE LIFE

Walrus calves rehabilitation

The Alaska SeaLife Center is rehabilitating three male Pacific walrus

OUTDOORS

Glacier Bay National Park landslide

A massive landslide came down in Glacier Bay National Park in June, 2012. Pilot Drake Olson spotted the slide early in July and has photographed it several times since. A cliff collapsed on Lituya Mountain in the park, sending rock and ice coursing down a valley and over Johns Hopkins glacier in...