Thompson was the leader in the North West Company expansion as the company set out to dominate the Canadian fur country. But he also made his mark in Pacific Northwest waters, which were hotly ...

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Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from the aquarium deals with ‘wonder and respect and stewardship’ for sea animals and the ocean.

Donald Trump's suggestion Canada becomes the 51st state has brought into the spotlight international boundaries that have ...

From birds and reptiles to marine giants and iconic species in Africa, Antarctica, and the Amazon, a small-boat cruise offers ...

Much of the written historical record of the area begins after 1811, when David Stuart and a French companion, representatives of the Pacific Fur Company, passed through the valley in September ...

It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific ...

As murky as it might be geographically, however, geologically and economically it has been thrust under a spotlight — ...