A Fairbanks biologist recently cupped in his hand a tiny bird whose arrival he had been rooting for. That bird — a female Hammond’s flycatcher — now holds the title of the oldest known of its species. A few days ago, Robert Snowden of the Alaska Songbird Institute in Fairbanks felt his heart beat a […]
Corridors that allow animals to move to more hospitable landscapes are essential to their survival in a changing climate, according to a new paper published this week in the journal Science. To arrive at that conclusion, researchers combined Indigenous and Western scientific methods — including ancient DNA and stable isotope analysis — to examine a […]
“If a retailer as big as Walmart can’t escape the pain of tariffs, what chance does a small business have?” wrote the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Democratic lawmakers and other voices are highlighting a Thursday announcement from Walmart that the world’s largest retailer will have to raise prices on some items in response to […]
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010. Critics who say extensive cuts to Medicaid being pushed by the Trump administration and House Republicans will result in the deaths of people were bolstered Friday by new reporting on a recent study detailing how […]