Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 2—FAIRBANKS — Alaska may contain as many as 30,000 insect species. Scientists have identified only about 9,000 of them, and ...

Recent long-term studies revealed a three-quarters reduction of insects in parts of Germany and an 80% decline in pollinating flies at a field site in Greenland. What’s going on with numbers of Alaska ...

A few nights ago, stretched in a tent on the blue-gray gravel of the Lowe River floodplain, I woke to a series of sharp jolts. It felt like the earth was a giant halibut, and I was the fishing pole.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Wildlife experts have been left scratching their heads after a totally ...

Recent long-term studies revealed a three-quarters reduction of insects in parts of Germany and an 80% decline of pollinating flies at a field site in Greenland. University of Alaska Fairbanks’ ...

The Piper Super Cub is a nimble favorite of Alaska bush pilots who land on and take off from gravel bars and mountaintops. Engineers who designed the plane in the 1940s found a simple model that still ...

Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented Alaska. Their school’s ...

Alaska may contain as many as 30,000 insect species. Scientists have identified only about 9,000 of them, and every decade another 1,000 are added to the list. For the past two decades, University of ...

Camper Ceceila Ross winces at the stink bug crawling up her arm at the Insect Safari camp at the Alaska Botanical Garden on June 21, 2023. (Maria Koop/Alaska Public Media) Lunchtime just finished, and ...

The hemlock sawfly is native to Southeast Alaska. But for the past few years, the tiny insect has been causing some big problems. Bug scientists think drought conditions played a major role in a ...