Laura Prugh knew she shouldn’t bother trying to trap kangaroo rats in the California desert on nights when the moon was shining. Professors had told her that small mammals make themselves scarce under the light of the moon, lest they become a meal for a predator that spotted them.
WASHINGTON, DC — Senator Lisa Murkowski, on Tuesday visited the State Department for a face-to-face meeting with Secretary John Kerry, where she continued her work with international global leaders to pave a path towards an effective Arctic strategy for the United States.
In late August, seabird biologist John Piatt paused from his task of “stealing food from baby puffins†to look up at the green mountains of Attu, the last island in the long sweep of the Aleutians.
After she read a column on Alaska bats, Pat Holloway of Fairbanks sent me a photo of a little brown bat that made it into her house this summer. It surprised her, as bats tend to do when they appear in your living room.