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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In most respects, the Marine Species Report Card, issued recently by Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific, is nothing like the “Undersea ... something Cousteau’s crew claimed in the 1969 episode about ...

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 ...

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

Hunted for their fur, California sea otters (a.k.a. southern sea otters, distinct from the northern Pacific subspecies found ... Tinker and his co-workers have found they form what he calls ...