Peter Jackson

A gray wolf in Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke appears with President Barack Obama after his nomination as the U.S. ambassador to China. At left is Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Polls show Democratic Congressman Rick Larsen now leading Republican challenger John Koster

Washington State Capitol

The mighty Kalakala, icon of the Sound, in better days.

Slot machines at a casino (Atlantic City, N.J.)

A Chinook salmon. (U.S. Geological Survey)

A "drunken forest" in Alaska. The melting of permafrost has caused these trees to tip over.

Sockeye salmon. (NOAA)