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A frame from a video sequence demonstrating the melting of the Arctic ice cap over time, from research by Ignatius Rigor at the University of Washington.

Helen Freeman, former curator of education at the Woodland Park Zoo and founder of the International Snow Leopard Trust. (Snow Leopard Trust)

Demolition of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River in Oregon began with a big blast mostly designed to weaken it. (PGE)

A fish ladder on the dammed Columbia River. (Bonneville Power Administration)

A pygmy goat, now a legal pet in Seattle. (Oklahoma State University)

The epicenter of Sunday's earthquake in Oregon. (USGS)

A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.

The now-open Northwest Passage (top), extending from the Bering Strait at upper left, and John Everett Millais' <i>The Northwest Passage</i> (1874). (European Space Agency, Wikipedia)

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho. (U.S. Senate)