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Bird Feathers and the Smell of Tangerines

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Apr 27, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Bird Feathers and the Smell of Tangerines

Millions of Alaska birds nest on rocky emerald islands seen by few people other than ship captains. One of the funkiest of these creatures is the crested auklet, which looks like a bassist in a punk band and smells like a tangerine. These hand-size birds have intrigued Hector Douglas for years. He just wrote a […]

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