An examination of animals that travel thousands of miles each year, in Alaska and beyond
From caribou to wolves, some animals log upwards of 3,000 miles a year.
Appreciating rain during Alaska’s all-too-brief summer
Some parts of the state are experiencing a rainy stretch. Looking at the driest and wettest parts of Alaska, we still fall short of global extremes.
Meet the blackpoll warbler, a world traveler flying with mind-boggling endurance
Blackpoll warblers can travel as much as 12,400 miles round-trip each year, and millions of them breed in the boreal forest of Alaska and Canada.
When thawing permafrost kills? A moose story
Sinkholes known as thermokarst are developing as permafrost thaws.
A tale of glacier mice and young love
This married couple, both scientists, used expertise from their respective fields — biology and glaciology — to study little mossy bundles known as glacier mice at Root Glacier near McCarthy.
Planet walk in Fairbanks puts things in perspective
With each step representing 2.5 million miles, trekkers can get a sense of the vast universe.
COVID-19 knocked him down, but this tough Alaskan hopes others can learn from his story
Greg Finstad, a reindeer biologist at UAF and marathon runner, wants to be a cautionary tale as to the danger of the coronavirus.
Dinosaurs once strode the Bering Land Bridge
Skeleton found recently in Japan is very similar to fossils found throughout Alaska.
We have been grounded, but migrating birds have not
The spring bird migration has continued uninterrupted while much of the human population has been cooped up.
Explosion of beavers on the Baldwin Peninsula is part of their march north of the Arctic Circle
How the beavers got to the Baldwin Peninsula, which is surrounded by salt water and extends north of the Arctic Circle, is anyone’s guess.
In Fairbanks, the state virology lab remains busy during a quiet time of pandemic
The Alaska State Virology Laboratory on the UAF campus has remained busy with technicians testing swabs for COVID-19.
The life of Riley, former leader of once-mighty Denali wolf pack, reaches its end
While most wolves are lucky to live past 6, this matriarch lived to nearly 11.