Kids treated to the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight.
the Yukon River’s solid sheets were breaking into smaller pieces.
Early avian harbingers have been joined by lots of other species…
Balto gives scientists insight into what makes Alaska sled dogs and other working breeds unique.
Our spring is slow in coming.
Melt season is a sad time for people who enjoy the magic of snow crystals bonding so well to one another, resulting in a web… Continue reading
The story dates back to the 1950s, when scientists were working out how DNA’s pieces fit together.
Fun with phenotype phenomenon.
When Syun-Ichi Akasofu walks by in the building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus that bears his name, I want to catch up and… Continue reading
During a human-powered journey of that length, things will not go as planned.
As the sun set and the sky dimmed, the birds kept coming.
As I await more and bigger signs of spring, there have been good things to see along the trails.
While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On her runs on days following, she saw… Continue reading
Dancing, dialects and more.
“We would like to be able to map the water-equivalent (in snow) globally.”
Eating liquid blood is a moderately popular way of life in the animal kingdom.
Things an Alaskan notices while standing on a road in Costa Rica…
Winter is an odd time of year here.
