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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North AmericaCaribou foraging for lichens in the snow by Kyle Joly NPS

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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North AmericaCaribou foraging for lichens in the snow by Kyle Joly NPS
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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North America

clock-iconMay 27, 2026

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In October 1867, Alaska Had Two Fridays In A Row And Lost Nearly Two Weeks' Worth Of DatesSitka or New Archangel was the Capital of Alaska when it was purchased from the Russians in 1867.

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In October 1867, Alaska Had Two Fridays In A Row And Lost Nearly Two Weeks' Worth Of DatesSitka or New Archangel was the Capital of Alaska when it was purchased from the Russians in 1867.
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In October 1867, Alaska Had Two Fridays In A Row And Lost Nearly Two Weeks' Worth Of Dates

clock-iconMay 21, 2026

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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late CretaceousTiny rodent mammals scurry bewteen the feet of larger therapod dinosaurs

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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late CretaceousTiny rodent mammals scurry bewteen the feet of larger therapod dinosaurs
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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late Cretaceous

clock-iconMay 19, 2026

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The World's Longest Non-Stop Bird Migration Covered Over 13,000 Kilometers From Alaska To Tasmania In Just 11 DaysA bar-tailed godwit with a black band on its leg with the B6 id code

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The World's Longest Non-Stop Bird Migration Covered Over 13,000 Kilometers From Alaska To Tasmania In Just 11 DaysA bar-tailed godwit with a black band on its leg with the B6 id code
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The World's Longest Non-Stop Bird Migration Covered Over 13,000 Kilometers From Alaska To Tasmania In Just 11 Days

clock-iconMarch 2, 2026
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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid RateA moose in green trees, part of a Boreal forests

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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid RateA moose in green trees, part of a Boreal forests
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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid Rate

clock-iconFebruary 12, 2026
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In 1964, Alaska's "Ghost Forest" Was Born From The Worst Earthquake In US HistoryGhost forest in winter, at the former site of Portage, Alaska, which was destroyed by the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

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In 1964, Alaska's "Ghost Forest" Was Born From The Worst Earthquake In US HistoryGhost forest in winter, at the former site of Portage, Alaska, which was destroyed by the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
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In 1964, Alaska's "Ghost Forest" Was Born From The Worst Earthquake In US History

clock-iconFebruary 4, 2026
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14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Ivory Tools In Alaska May Have Been Made By Ancestors Of The Clovis PeopleMammoth tusks

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14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Ivory Tools In Alaska May Have Been Made By Ancestors Of The Clovis PeopleMammoth tusks
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14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Ivory Tools In Alaska May Have Been Made By Ancestors Of The Clovis People

clock-iconJanuary 30, 2026
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Alaska Saw More Wildfires In The Last Century Than In The Previous 3,000 YearsWild fires in Alaska.

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Alaska Saw More Wildfires In The Last Century Than In The Previous 3,000 YearsWild fires in Alaska.
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Alaska Saw More Wildfires In The Last Century Than In The Previous 3,000 Years

clock-iconDecember 24, 2025
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500-Meter-Tall Megatsunami Struck Remote Alaskan Fjord After Massive LandslideField photos from reconnaissance trip for 2025 Tracy Arm landslide on August 13, 2025.

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500-Meter-Tall Megatsunami Struck Remote Alaskan Fjord After Massive LandslideField photos from reconnaissance trip for 2025 Tracy Arm landslide on August 13, 2025.
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500-Meter-Tall Megatsunami Struck Remote Alaskan Fjord After Massive Landslide

clock-iconOctober 24, 2025
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A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Embedded In The World’s Longest-Living MammalMen are fishing for whale in small boats with harpoons; larger sailing ships are in the distance

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A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Embedded In The World’s Longest-Living MammalMen are fishing for whale in small boats with harpoons; larger sailing ships are in the distance
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A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Embedded In The World’s Longest-Living Mammal

clock-iconOctober 3, 2025
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Alaska's Salmon River Is Turning Orange – And It's A Stark Warningaerial view of Alaska's Salmon River, which has turned orange

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Alaska's Salmon River Is Turning Orange – And It's A Stark Warningaerial view of Alaska's Salmon River, which has turned orange
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Alaska's Salmon River Is Turning Orange – And It's A Stark Warning

clock-iconSeptember 12, 2025
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New Island Emerges In Alaska As Glacier Rapidly Retreats, NASA Satellite Imagery ShowsSatellite images of Alsek Lake and Glacier in July 1984 (left) and August 2025 (right).

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New Island Emerges In Alaska As Glacier Rapidly Retreats, NASA Satellite Imagery ShowsSatellite images of Alsek Lake and Glacier in July 1984 (left) and August 2025 (right).
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New Island Emerges In Alaska As Glacier Rapidly Retreats, NASA Satellite Imagery Shows

clock-iconSeptember 11, 2025
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Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To DrillingThe National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a 23-million-acre expanse on Alaska's North Slope.

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Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To DrillingThe National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a 23-million-acre expanse on Alaska's North Slope.
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Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To Drilling

clock-iconJuly 4, 2025
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Alaska Issues Its First-Ever Heat Advisory As Temperatures Soar To 30°CAlaska's Glacier Bay National Park

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Alaska Issues Its First-Ever Heat Advisory As Temperatures Soar To 30°CAlaska's Glacier Bay National Park
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Alaska Issues Its First-Ever Heat Advisory As Temperatures Soar To 30°C

clock-iconJune 17, 2025
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What Is The Alaska Triangle?An image of the Alaska Triangle

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What Is The Alaska Triangle?An image of the Alaska Triangle
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What Is The Alaska Triangle?

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