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Wildlife Encounters

Bears, moose, eagles, and more in their natural habitat

54 photos

A moose stands in tall grass behind a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, with a mountain range visible in the background.

Arctic fox tracks trail across the snow-covered landscape of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska during the late winter season.

A caribou crater, formed by an animal digging through deep snow to reach vegetation, sits in a vast, snow-covered Arctic landscape.

Caribou tracks traverse a vast, snow-covered landscape, leading toward the sheltered lee side of a distant bluff in the Alaskan wilderness.

Two caribou rest on a vast, snow-covered tundra landscape under a clear blue sky in late March.

Two caribou forage for food in a vast, snow-covered landscape marked by small craters where they have dug through the deep snow.

Two caribou rest in a vast, snow-covered tundra landscape under a clear sky during the late winter season.

A female spectacled eider swims across a calm tundra pond, showcasing its distinctive eye patches and mottled brown plumage in soft light.

An emperor goose stands in a grassy field during a vibrant sunset, captured in soft, warm golden hour light.

An Emperor goose stands in a grassy field during a vibrant sunset, illuminated by warm, golden light in a coastal environment.

An Emperor goose stands in a grassy field during a warm, golden sunset, highlighting its distinctive white head and dark plumage.

An emperor goose stands in tall grass during a vibrant sunset, illuminated by warm golden light in a coastal wetland environment.

Two muskoxen rest on a dry, grassy hillside along Teller Road in rural Alaska during the late spring season.

A white-morph Gyrfalcon rests on a bare, frost-covered shrub along Teller Road during a 2023 birding trip in rural Alaska.

A black-billed magpie stands on a rocky outcrop with a blurred, misty mountain landscape visible in the background.

A harbor seal rests on moss-covered rocks along a shoreline, with dark, rippling water in the foreground.

A beaver gnaws on birch branches along the bank of the Kanuti River during the spring flooding season in Alaska.

A beaver gnaws on horsetails along the flooded, snow-dusted shore of Kanuti Lake during the spring thaw in May 2011.

A beaver gnaws on horsetails along the flooded shore of Kanuti Lake during the spring season in interior Alaska.

A beaver pauses near its bank lodge along the Kanuti River during spring flooding, surrounded by bare branches and dry vegetation.

A wet beaver holds a branch in its mouth while resting on the grassy bank of the Kanuti River during the spring.

A beaver feeds on vegetation along the muddy bank of the Kanuti River during the spring flooding season in rural Alaska.

A beaver's head emerges from the water of Kanuti Lake during the spring break-up, surrounded by melting ice and snow.

A North American porcupine navigates through thin, leafless branches in a riparian forest along the Kanuti River in rural Alaska.

A porcupine climbs a white spruce tree within a riparian forest along the Kanuti River in rural Alaska.

A muskrat rests on the grassy shore of Kanuti Lake during the spring season, surrounded by dried reeds and calm water.

A wet muskrat sits on the edge of rotting ice at Kanuti Lake, finishing a meal of aquatic vegetation in the spring.

An American marten peers forward from within the dense, low-lying brush of the Kanuti River riparian forest during the spring season.

A muskrat sits on the edge of rotting ice at Kanuti Lake during the spring thaw in Alaska.

A muskrat perches on the edge of a beaver lodge at Kanuti Lake during the early spring thaw in interior Alaska.

An American marten traverses a decaying, moss-covered log along the banks of the Kanuti River during a spring day in Alaska.

A beaver sits near an eroding cut bank along the Kanuti River during the spring flooding season in rural Alaska.

A beaver stands on the muddy bank of the Kanuti River during spring flooding, surrounded by debris and exposed soil.

A beaver feeds on the flooded shore of Kanuti Lake during the spring, surrounded by dormant, brushy vegetation in May 2011.

A wet beaver gnaws on birch limbs along the grassy bank of the Kanuti River during the summer months.

A Canada lynx walks through a snow-covered forest, captured by a trail camera on a cold winter afternoon in Alaska.

A Canada lynx walks along a snow-covered bank beside a dark, reflective stream in a boreal forest setting during early spring.

A Canada lynx walks through a snow-covered landscape at night, captured by a trail camera in late October.

A Canada lynx stands on a snow-covered bank overlooking a partially frozen stream in a dense, winter forest setting.

A Canada lynx walks along the snow-covered bank of a frozen creek in a winter forest, captured by a trail camera.

A Canada lynx walks through a mossy, wooded area captured by a trail camera in the Alaskan wilderness during early October.

A flock of bar-tailed godwits flies across a clear blue sky above a flat, golden-brown landscape during the summer.

Two tundra swans glide through a pale, overcast sky, showcasing their white plumage and long necks during their migratory flight.

A tundra swan glides through the air above a snow-covered landscape during the late spring season in Alaska.

A fluffy, speckled gull chick rests in a straw nest next to a spotted egg that is beginning to hatch.

An adult emperor goose rests on a grass nest alongside its small, downy chicks near a body of water in Alaska.

An adult Emperor goose rests on a nest with its downy chicks nestled in the tundra vegetation during the summer season.

An adult emperor goose rests in tundra vegetation alongside an adopted cackling goose chick in a grassy nesting area.

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