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    James Havens of Anchorage painted this image of a woolly mammoth that illustrated a cover of Science magazine in which appeared the work of UAF’s Matthew Wooller and his colleagues. Photo provided by Ned Rozell
    A whale of a mammoth tale
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • December 25, 2025 1:30 am

    Matthew Wooller couldn’t believe his ears after a California researcher rang his cellphone recently.

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    A graphic depicts where the magnitude 7 Hubbard Glacier earthquake occurred on Dec. 6, 2025, in southeast Alaska. Photo courtesy Ned Rozell
    A wrinkle beneath the icy face of Alaska
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • December 18, 2025 1:30 am

    A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under…

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    Kachemak Bay Birders member Gary Lyon watches for birds near the Land’s End Resort condos on the Homer Spit during the Christmas Bird Count count day on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Christmas Bird Count is this weekend
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer’s Count Day will take place on Saturday, Dec. 20, following a bird identification class on Dec. 18.

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    A seismic sensor rests in a “mud pie” on Kodiak Island in Alaska in September 2025. Photo by Cade Quigley
    The people behind earthquake early warning
    By Sara Wilbur Alaska Science Forum • December 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Alders, alders, everywhere.

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    Neil Davis spent much of his career in the 1960s through the 1980s at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He authored many Alaska Science Forum columns and the book Alaska Science Nuggets. Geophysical Institute photo
    The mystery of the dancing wires
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • December 4, 2025 1:30 am

    In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary bears in…

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    Professor of Biology Debbie Tobin gives an introduction to the audience at the start of the Semester by the Bay Symposium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Semester by the Bay students present at symposium
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 20, 2025 12:30 pm

    Students participating in Kachemak Bay Campus’ Semester By the Bay program gave presentations during a day-long symposium hosted at the college Friday.

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    Archaeologist Rick Knecht holds a human figure that he found on the beach near the village of Quinhagak on Oct. 24, 2025. Photo courtesy Alice Bailey
    Faces on a beach in Southwest Alaska
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • November 6, 2025 1:30 am

    Walking a storm-scoured Alaska beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.

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    “Hair ice” grows from the forest floor in Fairbanks, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Ned Rozell
    ‘Hair ice’ enlivens an extended fall in Interior...
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the…

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    Adult sandhill cranes lead the flock to go on a pre-migration training flight. Cranes signal their intent to take off by stretching their necks forward and almost parallel to the ground.  Photo courtesy of Nina Faust
    Kachemak Crane Watch releases annual report
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 14, 2025 8:30 am

    The report summarizes sandhill crane arrivals, departures, fledgings and nest data for 2025.

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    The Seward Sleeper Sharks present during the 28th Annual Alaska Tsunami Bowl in the Seward High School Auditorium in Seward, Alaska, on Feb. 28, 2025. (Photo provided by Mica Van Buskirk)
    Seward teams earn 2nd, 4th place at Alaska...
    By Jacob Dye • April 17, 2025 1:30 am

    Seward students who competed this year were recognized Monday with a commending resolution by the Seward City Council.

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    The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)
    Kachemak Bay Science Conference to take place this...
    By Emilie Springer • March 6, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is hosting the 10th Kachemak Science Conference March 17-20 at Kachemak Bay Campus….

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    Some of Homer's AMCC attendees on Tuesday Jan. 24 at the Denai'na Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Back row L to R: Emilie Springer, Nicole Webster, Katie Gavenus, Reid Brewer, Marilyn Sigman, Kim Schuster and Serena Tierra. Front row L to R: Donna Aderhold, Lily Westphal, Debbie Tobin, Kris Holdereid, Lauren Sutton and Dan Olsen.  There were several others in attendance not included in this photo.   Photo taken by conference attendant.
    Local scientists bring research to marine science symposium
    By Emilie Springer • February 2, 2023 9:05 am

    The 2023 Alaska Marine Science Symposium showcased marine research in the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska

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    In a photo taken on Nov. 16, 2018, Aaron Carpenter holds a mammoth tooth he found on the beach north of Diamond Creek on Oct. 27, 2018, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Three new finds add to ancient Homer bone...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 28, 2018 3:58 pm

    There was a time when scientists thought the southern Kenai Peninsula’s distant past, as in tens of thousands of years…

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