Archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they’ve found have helped them understand more about the people who lived in the area over the past 14,000 years -- and their possible canine companions.

For the past decade more Arctic residents have noticed an increase in beavers and the way they change the land and affect other animals. The Arctic Beaver Observation Network, or ABON is meeting for three days in Fairbanks to inform each other about new findings.

Local veterinarians are hearing about a new study that could help older dogs with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Veterinary Medicine are hoping to advance studies on a drug that could help older dogs, but also translate to helping humans with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have mapped out where a prehistoric mammoth spent her life in what’s now Canada and Alaska and found evidence of human hunter camps in many of the same places.

An article by Fairbanks writer Amy Loeffler is featured in the prestigious national anthology Best American Food Writing, released next week.

A large part of the Denali Park Road is closing tomorrow so scientists can collar bears. The big landslide that closed the road in Denali National Park and Preserve could be changing the way animals live in the Park.

The National Weather Service’s Fairbanks office has redrawn the boundaries of its forecast zones around northern Alaska in an effort to provide more accurate weather outlooks and advisories.

Hibernation scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have invited colleagues and students from around the world to a workshop in Fairbanks. They reviewed each others’ findings indoors last week, and will head up to Toolik Lake Research Station in the Brooks Range this week for outdoor lab work.

Near-real time satellite data provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping state and federal agencies fight wildfires ignited by last week’s thunderstorms.