Steller’s Sea Cow
Imagine sitting high on a cliff and looking down through the clear water to watch these huge animals slowly rolling around in a kelp bed below! I [...]
Imagine sitting high on a cliff and looking down through the clear water to watch these huge animals slowly rolling around in a kelp bed below! I [...]
New letters from the Commander Islands, Russia, arrived today and will forwarded on to the students on St. Paul Island. One of the letters included this beautiful [...]
Students attending Seabird Camp 2021 had a wonderful field trip to the seabird cliffs. After identifying different seabird species and trying to [...]
Creative plans for youth activities during COVID times continue on the Commander Islands. Natalia Fomina led a three day hike this summer, and [...]
Natalia Fomina recently hosted a Bird Day at the Aleutian Museum in Nikolskoye, the Commander Islands, Russia. Thank you for sharing the description [...]
Natalia Fomina recently hosted an event at the Aleutian local museum in Nikolskoye on the Commander Islands. Students (age 11-15) were invited to the event, and Natalia [...]
Students on St. Paul Island have just received wonderful replies to their letters they wrote to friends on the Commander Islands. Here are a few excerpts to [...]
Students (age 11-17yrs) from St. Paul Island have been busy writing letters to kids on the Commander Islands. We’re excited to hear back! […]
Trail Cameras (also known as game cameras) are small, motion-triggered, weatherproof cameras. They can detect wildlife while you’re not around! […]
Volcanoes can be disruptive, but they can also create new nesting habitat for crevice nesting auklets, like the Least Auklet, that breed on the Aleutian Islands. Watch [...]
Have you ever wondered why some seabird species look different in the winter? Some seabirds have bright and flashy plumage in the summer breeding season, but change [...]
Ranger Kendra at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge explains why biologists are interested in learning what seabirds eat in this great video. […]
The Seabird Fun Game features challenges in six categories: Squawk Talk, Kittiwake Shuffles, Do you know Guano?, What Bird?, Where in the World?, and Seabird Search. [...]
Introducing the Seabird Fun Game! It is a seabird game like no other. […]
Ram Papish has been designing a series of laminated educational posters that will be used on both the Commander Islands (Russia) and the Pribilof Islands. Ram worked [...]
Kendra Bush, Education Specialist at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, shares this report about outreach and education in this incredible Refuge: […]
The majority of Northern Fur Seals breed on the Pribilof Islands (Alaska, USA) and the Commander Islands in Russia. Marine biologist Olga Belonovich, PhD, shares this report [...]
Hello! My name is Alexis Will, I grew up in Sitka, Alaska and now live in Fairbanks, Alaska. I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of [...]
The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve was created in 1993, and it is the second largest reserve in Russia, with a total area of over three [...]
The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve (CINBR) is the largest marine reserve in Russia. Many thanks to Anastasia Barsukova, Head of Development Department for CINBR for [...]
Latin: Aethia pusilla Unangan: Chuuchkiî Russian: Конюга-крошка Least auklets are the smallest member of the Alcid family (the Auks), a family that includes the puffins, auklets, murres, [...]
Middle and high-school students on St. Paul Island made these stunning art pieces for the annual US Fish and Wildlife migratory bird calendar. […]
In 2015 we were funded by the National Park Service’s (NPS) Shared Beringian Heritage Program to work closely with biologists and the municipality of Nikolskoye on the [...]
Researchers at Prince William Sound Science Center have started to look their first year of puffin tracking data. The group is interested in learning where adult Tufted [...]
During Seabird Camp 2019, St. Paul Island students worked on some sketches of their home to share with friends on the Commander Islands. […]