Dog Genes Could Save Wolves

Kay Sexton — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:40:59 +0000

Recent research shows that North American wolves took on a specific genetic mutation for dark coat colour as a result of mating with domesticated dogs. It’s long been known that light-coloured coats dominate wolf populations in tundras, but dark coats are much more common in wolves living in North American forests. What we haven’t known, until now, is why that mutation is region specific.

Book Review: Shopping For Porcupine

Kelli Best-Oliver — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:20:56 +0000

With Alaska in the political spotlight, and with that spotlight showcasing someone with a less-than-stellar record when it comes to the environment, reading about sustainable life in Alaska, in this case, the rural Arctic, might just be a blast of cold, last frontier air. Seth Kantner’s second book, Shopping For Porcupine (Milkweed Editions, $28), a collection of memoirs on his life in Arctic Alaska, documents his upbringing by transplanted parents and his current life with his wife and daughter in Kotzebue. Accompanied by Kantner’s stunning photography of life in the tundra, Shopping for Porcupine is a beautiful tribute to land that, despite its remoteness, is slowly succumbing to the influence of globalization.

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Dog Genes Could Save Wolves

Book Review: Shopping For Porcupine