Spring break on ice
Feeding sled dogs under a starlit sky. Biking 40 miles to a backcountry lodge. Piloting a snowmachine along the Iditarod Trail.These are not typical...
Salmon is on the menu for Lake Clark’s wolves
Deep within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, staff at a remote ranger station on the north shore of Telaquana Lake noted something amiss....
Scientists seek US backcountry skiers to measure snowpack
ANCHORAGE — America's space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick.NASA's earth science arm is funding...
Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans
NEW YORK — DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the...
Beavers slapping tails on far-north waters
Animals the size of Labrador retrievers are changing the face of Alaska, creating new ponds visible from space.“These guys leave a mark,” UAF ecologist...
Preparing for invasive species in the Bering Sea
Invasive species have devastated marine ecosystems in the Lower 48 but, thanks to its icy waters, the Bering Sea has been largely unaffected. So...
Predicting snow loads: How a UAA research team helping create safer structures
In Alaska during the late 1970s, there was a major effort to predict snow loads across the state which would help civil and structural...
Salmon complete 1,000-mile journey, and life
MOUTH OF THE DELTA RIVER — On a morning with biting air in the single digits Fahrenheit, this river smells like sulfur and is...
A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food...
In Alaska, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a...
When Jerry Brown came to Nome
A few Alaska researchers recently accepted a surprise assignment of giving Jerry Brown a tour of the Seward Peninsula.The California governor was stopping in...