Kittlitz’s Murrelets and the Kenai Fjords — What a Small Seabird Can Reveal About a Changing Ocean

The Kittlitz’s murrelet is among North America’s most mysterious seabirds – solitary and scarce across its range, with a life history still only partly understood. A member of the alcid family (which includes puffins, murres, and auklets), this small seabird does not announce itself with bright plumage, nor gather in gregarious breeding colonies like some […]

Poop with a Purpose: How Puffins in Human Care at ASLC are Advancing Research for Wild Populations

Zoos and aquariums across the country care for thousands of animals that act as powerful ambassadors for their species. At Alaska SeaLife Center, our resident animals do even more: voluntarily contributing to studies that protect wild populations in ways only animals in human care can. For many Alaskan marine species, the amount of information we […]