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.
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Asian Metal Found in Alaska Reveals Trade Centuries Before European Contact
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.
Read MoreIce Age Fire Pits in Alaska Reveal Earliest Evidence of Salmon Cooking
Fire pits in Alaska, dated to at least 11,800 years old, have revealed the earliest evidence of salmon cooking in the New World.
Read MoreWoolly Mammoths Survived on Alaska Island Until Just 5,600 Years Ago, New Study Shows
On a remote Alaskan island, a population of woolly mammoths managed to persist until just 5,600 years ago, according to new research.
Read MoreWrecks From Infamous 19th Century Whaling ‘Disaster’ Discovered Off Alaska Coast
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.
Read More‘Strange’ New Species of Marine Mammal Discovered in Alaska Fossils
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…
Read MoreNorthernmost Dinosaur Discovered in ‘Lost World’ of Animal Fossils in Alaska
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…
Read More200-Year-Old Shipwreck Survivors’ Camp Found on Alaska Island
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,…
Read MoreAlaska’s First Fossil Ichthyosaur Found With Last Meal Still in Its Gut
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…
Read More‘Twin’ Ice Age Infants Discovered in 11,500-Year-Old Alaska Grave
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….
Read MoreRare Pterosaur Tracks Discovered in Alaska’s Denali National Park
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….
Read MoreBaby and Adult Dinosaur Tracks in Alaska Prove Duck-Bills Lived in ‘Social Herds,’ Study Says
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…
Read More‘Cool’ New Arctic Tyrannosaur Discovered in Alaska Fossil
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…
Read MoreThousands of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along Alaska’s Yukon River
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…
Read MoreOstrich-Like Dinosaur Discovered in Alaska
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….
Read More‘Ugly’ Teenage Ceratops Discovered in Alaska
A strange scene discovered on Alaska’s North Slope depicts the mass deaths of nearly a dozen unusual dinosaurs, according to paleontologists. The specimens are all ceratopsids — the group that…
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