A print of Cervus alces in the 19th century zoological print collection titled “Iconographia Zoologica.” (Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons) Part of an ongoing weekly series about Alaskan history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaskan history or an idea for a future article? Fill … Read more
America’s status as the world’s greatest power will end for the same reason its predecessors did: crushed by a mountain of debt that politicians can easily ignore, historians warn. And the United States’ century at the top could come to an end sooner than expected, with countries in Asia increasingly likely to pull the plug. … Read more
Brent_1/iStock Wish on a star Lying on a blanket under a sky so bright and full of stars that it feels like you could pluck them out of the sky is a humbling affair. But to truly savor this experience, you’ll need to escape the city’s streetlights and find places where the sky turns pitch … Read more
A fascinating new species of arachnid from the late Carboniferous is introduced in a new … [+] article published in the Journal of Paleontology. Selden & Dunlop (2024) Many people harbor the false belief that most of the world’s animals have already been discovered. But that is not the case. By some estimates, as many … Read more