This month’s National Geographic has an excellent piece on the state and history of the Coastal Redwood Forest. If the thumbnail at right has piqued your interest, the video below briefly describes how it was made. NPR has more coverage, including a larger pic.

And now for something completely different: Several varieties of Alaskan waterfowl have begun to forgo their traditional winter migration, seemingly due to warmer weather. Yet this may prove problematic for these populations.