Planetarium introduces family matinees on Saturdays
The Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will show family matinees on Saturday mornings in September. Two movies will be shown on…
LARS To Host Community Event Sept. 12
By Maddie Webb, Special to the Van Nuys News Press The University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station will celebrate the end of summer tour season with a Locals…
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,…
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…
UAF Toolik Field Station open for Visitor’s Day
Toolik Field Station will host a Visitor’s Day on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering the public an opportunity to get an up-close look at…
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…