Seeing geology in action near Yakutat
The Hubbard Glacier and other factors make the area near Yakutat one of the world’s great examples of geology in action.
The Riley Creek pack’s sole survivor
Battered but resilient, dominant matriarch wolf closes in on 10 years.
A bad summer for birds on northern island
The guillemots of Cooper Island struggle as sea ice recedes.
Jabbing sensors into the Denali Fault
Ten scientists have divided the fault line into three areas, inserting 400 sensors.
Life returns fast to Bogoslof Island
Bogoslof Island recently reinvented itself, quadrupling in size after its latest eruption.
Fuzzy memories of great Alaska cold snap
For two weeks in early 1989, the state set records that still stand -- and may never be matched.
Invasion of redpolls sends seeds flying
After a record-low last winter, the birds are making a comeback.
Alaska’s year without a summer
In 1783, a volcano in Iceland had frigid affects on the northwest part of the state.
American robins not heading north quite yet
Birds make a pit stop in Alberta on their migration to Alaska.
What’s the purpose of a moose’s long nose?
An Ohio scientist made the snout length the central question of a study.
Death of a caribou: A look at life recycled on a gravel bar in the Alaska wilderness
How could a 300-pound animal disappear so fast? From evidence at the kill site, here’s what might have happened.
Grades keep slipping on the Arctic Report Card
Researchers at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union again sounded the alarm for a quiet place — the top of the world.