Juneau Independent

Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.

Plants disperse their seeds in many ways. Some cast their seeds into breezes or water currents, some produce seeds with adaptations that facilitate transport on (or in) animals, and so on.

Global attention after 1918 shipwreck was on end of WW I and Spanish flu epidemic, but annual memorial and other tributes recall victims of West Coast’s worst marine disaster.

Those gathering include a relative of a passenger from the 1918 sinking and a historian who has made 200 dives at the shipwreck site.

Steamship’s ability to use lifeboats was limited after striking reef and severe storm kept rescue ships from providing help. Part two of a three-part series.

Steamship collision with reef north of Juneau 107 years ago killed more than 350 people aboard at a time Juneau was dealing with other tragedies.

Although this dessert is made with puff pastry, don't let it scare you.

AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about notable local events of the past week, with excerpts of the results provided.

They’re fun to watch — always active, leading mixed species flocks in fall, sometimes storing seeds for hard times to come.

A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.

Almost all mammals have teeth, whose primary function is feeding, although they sometimes have other functions such as display or weaponry.

In the near future, Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.