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Wildlife can often be spotted along Alaska's roads. This young brown bear was foraging just off the Richardson Highway near Valdez.
Where to find: Wolves inhabit as much as 85 percent of Alaska, but they're rarely seen.
Where to find: Look -- and listen -- for loons on lakes. The entire state has loons of one species or another -- common, yellow -billed, red-throated, Pacific and arctic.
Where to find: After being reintroduced in the 1930s, musk oxen took hold on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.
Where to find: Willow ptarmigan are found nearly everywhere in Alaska's high, treeless country -- and sometimes they're also found in the willows and alders near the tree line.
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