A bad summer for birds on northern island
The guillemots of Cooper Island struggle as sea ice recedes.
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How genealogists helped track down the Maine man accused of killing Sophie Sergie nearly 26 years ago
Public genetic data was used to help identify a former student now charged in the 1993 murder in a University of Alaska Fairbanks dormitory.
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.
Fish pass the mirror test, but does it mean they’re self-aware?
Since the mirror test was introduced in 1970, scientists have found that relatively few animals can pass it. Most humans can by age 18 to 24 months, and so can chimps and orangutans.
2 more aftershocks strike Anchorage within a half-hour
Both epicenters were at the southern end of a 20-mile “fault patch,” roughly positioned beneath Point MacKenzie.
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.
Clouds threaten Anchorage’s view of Sunday’s total lunar eclipse
The eclipse might not be visible in Southcentral Alaska, but those farther north might have better luck.
Researchers off Hawaii come face to face with an enormous great white shark
The shark was encountered near a dead sperm whale off Oahu. There have been reports that people are climbing onto the carcass to take its teeth as souvenirs.
Warmer weather to return to Southcentral Alaska next week as temperatures continue to swing
As the weather warms by as much as 50 degrees in some parts of the state, forecasters say this winter’s temperature fluctuation isn’t unusual.
American robins not heading north quite yet
Birds make a pit stop in Alberta on their migration to Alaska.
Prediction of another big Anchorage quake ‘not founded in reality,' Alaska seismologists say
Monetized YouTube channels are often to blame for spreading earthquake pseudoscience, experts say.
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.
Over 6,100 aftershocks: Why are different quake magnitudes reported, and when do these stop being aftershocks?
Since the Nov. 30 earthquake, the region has experienced an average of about 10 quakes per hour. "Normal” for Southcentral Alaska is about 10 earthquakes per day.
Alaska’s newly expanded network of seismic stations keep a detailed diary of the earth’s rumbles
There are only two parts of the state where seismometers haven’t recorded earthquakes: around the Kuskokwim River delta and the northwestern North Slope.
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.
A big earthquake could send a tsunami up Cook Inlet. Would it reach Anchorage?
After the Nov. 30 earthquake, Anchorage residents received a smartphone alert warning of a tsunami risk and instructing them to seek higher ground.