The Alaska Volcano Observatory reports that a swarm of small earthquakes occurred somewhere deep below the iconic crater beginning on April 11 — but it’s too early to tell if that signals an eruption could be on the way.
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Scientists say they can explain the giant, glowing orb seen over Interior Alaska last week
A Fairbanks photographer captured video of a foggy ball of light that was far larger than a full moon and moved slowly from the northeast to the southwest.
Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program to expand its high school program to Juneau
The program’s Acceleration Academy allows students to earn both a high school diploma and a bachelor’s degree in five years.
Volunteers help monitor Cook Inlet’s endangered belugas
The first observation this year was March 10 — a mom and a calf on the river.
The Aleutians have a rat problem. Scientists are trying to solve it.
For millions of years, birds lived nearly predator-free on the Aleutian Islands. Then came the rats.
Scientists are studying what extreme drought looks like in Alaska’s temperate rainforest
Heat threatened salmon hatcheries. Berries were sparse. And an insect called the Hemlock sawfly ate the needles off half a million acres of trees in the Tongass.