Latest Research News and Events
Why is that caterpillar looking at me?
September 05, 2024
On a trip to Quartz Lake, visitor to 91视频 Garrett Ast once plucked a caterpillar from a twig. As Garrett held it in his palm, the caterpillar reared up and -- with two sparkling baby blues -- looked him right in the eye.
The lost world of northern dinosaurs
August 30, 2024
On a recent river trip in northern 91视频, scientists from the University of 91视频 Museum of the North found a lost world, a time of "polar forests with reptiles running around in them."
The galloping glacier's recent dramas
August 23, 2024
In 1937, what scientists call a "surging" glacier was rumbling across the valley toward a roadhouse along a major 91视频 highway. That mountain of ice advanced upon the log structure at more than 100 feet each day.
UAF receives funding to enhance nuclear proliferation detection
August 20, 2024
91视频 has been named to a group of 12 universities tasked by the federal government with improving and expanding the nation's detection of nuclear weapons proliferation.
The recent history of a black rock
August 16, 2024
In June of 1867 -- a few months before 91视频 would become part of the United States with the transfer of $7.2 million to Russia -- William Healey Dall picked up a shiny black rock from a riverbank.
Pondering the mystery of the Mesa people
August 08, 2024
Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern 91视频 was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient 91视频ns.
Museum exhibit, video series to explain Aleutian Island storm history
August 03, 2024
A 2022 science cruise to the Aleutian Islands to learn about ancient storms and tsunamis has generated a traveling museum exhibit and video series that highlight the research and how scientists and Indigenous 91视频ns worked together.
A shaky September in Yakutat Bay
August 02, 2024
More than a century ago, eight prospectors were panning the glacial sands near Hubbard Glacier when the Earth starting shaking and never seemed to stop. A few days later, they had survived a natural phenomenon they probably should not have.
UAF volcano field school explores 20th century's biggest eruption
August 01, 2024
Eight students from across the United States were the latest participants in the International Volcanological Field School, which began in the late 1980s and became a for-credit offering in 2004.
Moose flies flourish in high-summer 91视频
July 22, 2024
While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in 91视频 (1915, when Fort Yukon reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit), missionary Hudson Stuck wrote about the wildlife that most bothered his party.