‘Ugly’ Teenage Ceratops Discovered in Alaska

Giant Skull Found in Alaska May Be Evidence of Elusive ‘King’ Polar Bear, Experts Say

March 16, 2017 —by Blake de Pastino 35461 3

A giant skull discovered in Alaska may belong to a subspecies of polar bear that’s new to scientists but familiar to indigenous people in the Arctic.

Asian Metal Found in Alaska Reveals Trade Centuries Before European Contact

September 29, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 19370 1

A bronze buckle and metal bead found in Alaska are the first hard evidence of trade between Asia and the North American Arctic, centuries before contact with Europeans.

Ice Age Fire Pits in Alaska Reveal Earliest Evidence of Salmon Cooking

August 29, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 13397 0

Fire pits in Alaska, dated to at least 11,800 years old, have revealed the earliest evidence of salmon cooking in the New World.

Woolly Mammoths Survived on Alaska Island Until Just 5,600 Years Ago, New Study Shows

August 1, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 13006 0

On a remote Alaskan island, a population of woolly mammoths managed to persist until just 5,600 years ago, according to new research.

19th Century

Wrecks From Infamous 19th Century Whaling ‘Disaster’ Discovered Off Alaska Coast

January 8, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 11183 7

With help from both new technology and global warming, archaeologists have discovered the site of The Whaling Disaster of 1871 — one of the worst debacles in the history of American whale-hunting — off the coast of Alaska.

‘Strange’ New Species of Marine Mammal Discovered in Alaska Fossils

October 15, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 11485 0

An odd set of fossils that were once on display at a tribal office in Alaska have turned out to be a “strange” new species of marine mammal unlike any…

Northernmost Dinosaur Discovered in ‘Lost World’ of Animal Fossils in Alaska

September 25, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 8673 1

Scientists exploring a remote riverbank on Alaska’s North Slope have made a surprising find — the discovery of the northernmost species of dinosaur ever found — and it’s just one…

19th Century

200-Year-Old Shipwreck Survivors’ Camp Found on Alaska Island

September 14, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 7373 0

A group of Russian traders who found themselves shipwrecked on an Alaskan island in winter more than 200 years ago are no longer just figures in local lore. This summer,…

Alaska’s First Fossil Ichthyosaur Found With Last Meal Still in Its Gut

December 4, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 7197 1

New insights into life in the ancient oceans are emerging from a huge fossil found in a remote reach of northern Alaska — the largest and most complete specimen of…

‘Twin’ Ice Age Infants Discovered in 11,500-Year-Old Alaska Grave

November 10, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 20931 5

A tenderly decorated grave discovered in Alaska holds the remains of two infants dating back 11,500 years, the youngest Ice Age humans yet found in the Western Hemisphere, archaeologists say….

Rare Pterosaur Tracks Discovered in Alaska’s Denali National Park

October 22, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 8311 2

Tracks left by a pterosaur that shambled across a muddy Alaskan floodplain some 70 million years ago offer rare proof that flying reptiles thrived in the far north, paleontologists say….

Baby and Adult Dinosaur Tracks in Alaska Prove Duck-Bills Lived in ‘Social Herds,’ Study Says

July 25, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 5805 1

Tiny baby dinosaur tracks discovered in Alaska may have big implications for our understanding of the giant herbivores that once roamed the Arctic, paleontologists say. The baby tracks are among…

‘Cool’ New Arctic Tyrannosaur Discovered in Alaska Fossil

March 12, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 9863 3

At a quarry on Alaska’s North Slope, scientists have found the fossil skull of an unusual new type of Arctic tyrannosaur. But this is no T. rex. At 70 million…

Meat-eating dinosaur footprint in Yukon, Alaska

Thousands of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along Alaska’s Yukon River

September 26, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 6025 1

An expedition in the remote heart of Alaska has made an unprecedented find for the Last Frontier: thousands of dinosaur tracks, of countless sizes and as-yet unnamed species, all along…

Ostrich-Like Dinosaur Discovered in Alaska

September 13, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 8033 1

Paleontologists sifting through fossils in an Alaska museum have discovered evidence of a dinosaur never before found in the near-Arctic — a type of large, leggy theropod called an ornithomimosaur….