Alaska State Troopers report that they made two arrests in a sexual assault investigation and follow-up late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Troopers responded to a Birch Lane address at 9:50 pm on Tuesday night after receiving a report of a sexual assault in progress. When they arrived and opened a preliminary investigation, […]
Most of the large animals that have walked the surface of Earth are no longer here. Why? Dan Mann thinks it’s because our recent climate has been too stable, at least when compared to the wacky ups and downs of the last ice age. Mann, a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor, presented his idea at […]
STERLING HIGHWAY UPDATE: Both lanes of traffic between Adkins Road (MP77) and the intersection of Resurrection Pass Trail at the Sterling Highway (MP53) remain halted due to Swan Lake Wildfire activity. Fire movement and related smoke impacts are expected to continue for some time and could last through the night and into Tuesday. FREE […]
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the 1820s, painter and naturalist John James Audubon designed an experiment to test if birds had a sense of smell. He dragged a rotten hog carcass into a field, then piled brush on top of it. After none of the local turkey vultures appeared, Audubon concluded that vultures hunted using their eyes alone. […]