"Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge"

On far-flung Chirikof Island, feral cattle dominate the harsh landscape.

Biologists say Alaska’s known population of Aleutian terns has declined more than 90% since 1960.

Homer only sees tides this low a few times a year.

For millions of years, birds lived nearly predator-free on the Aleutian Islands. Then came the rats.

An intensive 10-month search for a stowaway rat that invaded the rat-free seabird paradise of St. Paul Island has come to a happy end for everyone. Except the rat.

Youth Conservation Corps introduces high school students to a stretch of protected land they’ve grown up near, but may not even know exists — all in the hopes that someday these young Alaskans will become its next stewards.

Attu is scheduled for what may be the first of many stages of cleanup — but it’s unlikely the military will ever be able to turn back the clock to a time before conflict.

For some wildlife biologists, getting to work on an island at the tip of the Aleutian Chain is the chance of a lifetime.

The reports are coming from beach walkers and local citizen scientists dedicated to surveying seabird populations.

Every summer, a team of federal exterminators set up shop in the southwest corner of the state. Their job is to root out non-native animals that might disturb the Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge.