Last fall, Alaska Logistics left two barges to freeze in Y-K Delta rivers. One has dislodged and become a free-floating ghost barge, winding down the Kuskokwim River.

Wildflowers including Western columbine, paintbrush, bluebells and wild geraniums bloom on a slope of the Summit Creek trail on the Kenai Peninsula, June 24, 2018.

Alaska master gardener Verna E. Pratt died in Anchorage on Sunday, Jan. 8. She was considered a pioneer in popularizing knowledge of native Alaska plants among home gardeners and outdoor ...

Water Lily May Provide A "Missing Link" In The Evolution Of Flowering Plants. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2002 / 01 / 020131074924.htm ...

There’s also a water lily dinner Aug. 27 with a talk about water lilies and dinner at the court as the night-blooming flowers open. Tickets are $199. Learn more at lanc.news/WaterlilyDinner .

Sequencing of the water lily’s genome has shed light on the early evolution of angiosperms, flowering plants. Utilizing high-throughput next-generation sequencing technology, an international team of ...