Check out this L.A. Times update on the ongoing trials and tribulations of Shell's drill rig the Kulluk, which ran aground near Kodiak Island on New Year's Eve.
(Photo: Black Scoter by Beth Peluso. Black Scoters are one of the species that winters in the Important Bird Area where the Kulluk ran ashore.)
By Beth Peluso
January 10, 2013
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.
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