May 11, 2012 · The lack of a term for the black-billed magpie may be because the bird was not in Southwest Alaska until recently. The long-tailed relative of ravens and jays seems to be extending its …

Mar 21, 2013 · While Taras waded through a winter’s worth of snow to point out the scratchy wing marks of a magpie or similar-size bird, another instructor worked in a white crater 30 feet away, levering …

Jun 28, 2012 · Qalerayak is the word for black-billed magpie throughout the entire area in which people speak Yup’ik. * * * Rat Island is no more. After more than 200 years with that name, the small island …

May 1, 2003 · Other birds killed by the disease include the gray jay, magpie, and many types of raptors. “Birds that show symptoms have tremors, can’t fly, and don’t hold their wings normally,” Beckmen said.

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Discussion in a tent at a remote lake led to a new look at Alaska tectonic activity 75 million to 50 million years ago, a period spanning the Late Cretaceous through the early Paleogene.

Oct 23, 2025 · The experts' horror of ultraviolet light isn't really new. For years they've been warning sunlovers like me that sunshine ages skin--young tanned hides quickly become old leathery ones, so …

Jul 21, 1994 · People who know such things have assured me that few tourists read these columns. Good. That makes it possible to discuss here some matters better kept private among Alaskans- …

Dec 4, 2025 · Compared to control plants in a test plot near Palmer, tomatoes enclosed in plastic and wire cages produce two to three times as much green and red fruit.

Dec 18, 2025 · Despite all that is known about the aurora, predicting when the Northern Lights will appear still is a dicey business.