How Do Alaska Animals Sleep In The Summer?
Alaska Science Forum: Sara Wilbur More than a month after the summer solstice, Fairbanks is still the land of the midnight sun. Joggers are out getting in their late-night runs…
DNA Shows Ancient Humans Killed More Female Mammoths
After analyzing the DNA in over 500 ancient mammoth bones, an international research team has determined that ice age humans disproportionately killed female woolly mammoths. The newly published study in…
Belugas Absent From Kenai River During Peak Fishing Season
Endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, which have traditionally fed in the salmon-rich Kenai River throughout the summer, were absent during times of high human activity in a recent two-year period.…
World War II Sparked Creation of Geophysical Institute
Special to the Van Nuys News Press, Alaska Science Forum: Rod Boyce As presidential bill signings go, H.R. 6486 wasn’t a particularly exciting one for the nation on July 31,…
FBI’s Legacy Body Armor Program Supports Local Law Enforcement Partners in Alaska
FBI Anchorage Presents Law Enforcement Partners with Body Armor Kits ANCHORAGE, AK—The FBI is supporting law enforcement partners in Alaska through the FBI’s Legacy Body Armor Program, a nationwide initiative…
Alaska Shorebird Suffering From Troubled Asia Winter Grounds
By Rod Boyce, Special to the Van Nuys News Press The population of a plump northern Alaska shorebird weighing just over 2 ounces has been declining for decades. Reversing that…
UAF, National Laboratory of the Rockies extend partnership
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has signed a new five-year partnership plan with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies. The memorandum of understanding, signed at the…
Let the show begin! New planetarium at UAF ready to open
The stars finally aligned to bring a planetarium to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Now it’s ready for the public. The Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium at the UA Museum…
NBC’s Today Show Shines Bright on Alyeska Resort During Summer Solstice
Last year on June 20th, Alyeska Resort became the star of the show as NBC’s Today Show broadcast live from the breathtaking peak of Mount Alyeska in Alaska during the…
NOAA Cancels Funding for Real-Time Tsunami Alerts for West Coast States: Cantwell Demands Answers
Without this funding, NOAA loses access to real-time seismic data from the Alaska Earthquake Center the Agency uses to issue tsunami warnings and alerts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator…