Scientists in northern Alaska are learning about polar bears by scraping snow samples from the tracks they leave behind. That snow contains tiny flecks of the massive creatures — mostly cells shed from their foot pads. From the DNA within those cells, scientists have been able to identify individual polar bears. Lisette Waits of the […]
AST arrested a 19-year-old burglary suspect in big Lake after successfully tracking his footsteps for two miles through fresh snow on Tuesday afternoon, trooper’s reported. Troopers received a burglary and theft report from a residence on Simon Court in Big Lake at 3:39 pm on Tuesday. They responded and initiated an investigation, to find that […]
