Over many years, snow can compress into large, thick ice masses—glaciers. Glaciers move very slowly over time, carving out the landscape and creating new features. Glaciers have fall lines like rivers where the bed of the glacier narrows and descends rapidly, creating an icefall (like…
Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are waders, also known as shorebirds. They breed in the Arctic—Siberia and western Alaska—in June and July. They winter across the Pacific—southeast Asia to northeastern Africa, as well as California and Hawai’i. Kōlea is the Hawai’ian name for the species.…
The lion’s mane jelly, named for its red and yellow tentacles, is the largest known species of jellyfish. The species generally prefers cool, boreal waters. Lion’s mane jellies are an important food source for some seabirds, large fish, and turtles, including the vulnerable leatherback sea turtle…
