
NPS Photo / Charlotte Bodak
As unparalleled living laboratories, national parks offer priceless opportunities to study intact natural systems and living organisms. Research conducted in public lands provides the information necessary for effective land management.
Learn More About Park Science
The Murie Science and Learning Center supports the dissemination of science performed in and associated with Denali and other Alaskan national parks.

Denali’s science summaries help you learn about research that touches every nook and cranny of this beautiful park.

Explore the wide variety of nature and science topics in Denali—from birds to glaciers to social science.

Find out what Cretaceous Denali was like by learning about the plants and animals that lived here.

Change is ever-present in the landscape of Denali. Explore how repeat photography has captured change over the last 100 years.
Last updated: April 14, 2022