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Boy’s Football Lost in Tsunami Turns Up in Alaska
A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way...
At Last, Fuel Delivery Reaches Iced-in Alaska Town
A Russian fuel tanker has finally reached Nome harbor after a Coast Guard icebreaker cleared a path for it through hundreds of miles of...
Alaska Natives Throw Potlatch Celebration for Deploying Troops
Native-American Alaskans hosted a traditional potlatch on Tuesday for about 400 soldiers and officers getting ready to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Donations of moose...
US Interior Department Sets Aside ‘Critical Habitat’ for Alaskan Polar Bears
The Obama Administration this week designated more than 187,000 square miles along the north coast of Alaska as “critical habitat” for the polar bear,...
Bakery Rewards Entire Staff with Alaskan Cruise
As a reward for working so hard during the economic slump, owners of a popular Nashville restaurant are taking 48 employees on an Alaskan...
Alaska’s Rat Island Finally Rat-Free After 229 Years
Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local...
Jewelers Shun Gold From Proposed Alaska Mine
"Five of the nation's leading jewelers have sworn off gold that could someday come from the proposed Pebble Mine, a huge deposit near the...
Letters to Santa Flood Alaskan Town
120,000 letters arrive yearly from dozens of countries having made their way to the small town of North Pole, Alaska. "They usually get a...
New Trawling Ban Protects Deep-Sea Alaska Corals
Newly discovered gardens of colorful corals blooming under water in the Gulf of Alaska, will get special protection... A new rule bars...
In World First, Scientists Share What Was Almost Certainly a Conversation with a Humpback Whale
In a world first, marine biologists were able to have a discourse with a humpback whale, pushing out the boundaries of cooperation and understanding...
Airport Keeps Wildlife Away From Runways with Robot Disguised as Predator
Across Alaska last year, there were 92 instances of animal strikes on the state's runways.
This year, the Alaska Dept. of Transportation is rolling out...
Good News in History, March 30
Happy 60th Birthday to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Her debut album Tracy Champman has been certified sextuple-platinum and received 6 Grammy Award nominations. Her down low...
Good News in History, March 26
49 years ago today, the Biological Weapons Convention, (BWC) entered into force. It's considered to have established a strong global norm against biological weapons...
ARK Becomes ‘Life Raft’ Saving Over 15,000 Animals from Ukraine With Rescue Partners in Germany
The war in Ukraine recently passed the two-year mark, and more than 15,000 animals impacted by the war have been saved by PETA Germany...
Good News in History, February 25
75 years ago today, the great Lebanese/French scholar and writer Amin Maalouf was born. His bibliography has been translated into over 40 languages worldwide...
Couple Converts 40-Foot School Bus into Gorgeous Home for Working and Travel–LOOK INSIDE
Renting in cities and owning houses continues to be expensive in the United States, so this is the story of one couple who decided...
Quick-Thinking Flight Attendant and Passengers Save 6 Flamingo Eggs Aboard Flight
Alaska Airlines flight attendant Amber May has had some unusual requests in her 10 years of flying, but being asked to help save some...
The Greatest Conservation Story Ever Told Isn’t Really Being Told
This week GNN reported that for the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island,...
Good News in History, February 2
53 years ago today, The Ramsar Convention on the Sustainable Use of Wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Iran. When stopping to think about it,...
World’s First Magma Observatory Poised to Monitor Volcanoes While Generating Tons of Energy
Reprinted with permission and alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering world news, conflicts, travel stories, conservation, and science news.
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