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Alaska Science Forum: How do Alaska animals sleep in the summer?
Researchers say Arctic species use different cues to sleep through constant summer daylight, from ultraviolet light sensitivity to digestion and burrowing.
More than a month after the summer solstice, Fairbanks is still the land of the midnight sun. Joggers are out getting in their late-night runs along Farmers Loop, and we still don’t need our headlights after another evening ice cream at Hot Licks.
Although animals cannot look at a clock, there is still a way they measure time, explains doctor of veterinary medicine and pet psychologist Ivan Janković