Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle said creating a cabinet-level agriculture department would force the state to focus ...

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

An official state of the union for 66 years, Alaska is known for its glaciers, permafrost and national parks. Home to North ...

Mosquitos are the bane of summer. Here's where they're the worst, how you can prevent them, and how to avoid the dreaded, itchy bites.

For reliably good weather, lots of daylight, and the best chance of seeing wildlife, here’s when to go to Alaska.

spotlight mushing as a still-viable thing for the state of Alaska,” said Diana Haecker, a kennel club board member and ...

The one thing that comes to mind when I find out that Maine has it's own state insect, is "that's so cute". Maine is very well known for it's delicious lobsters and majestic pine trees. I still ...

Ronald Spatz co-founded Alaska Quarterly Review in 1980 and has guided it to be one of the nation's most respected literary magazines. In 1980 English professor Ronald Spatz and philosophy ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers seized a record amount of drugs last year according to a recently released annual report. The report says the troopers' Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit ...

DECATUR — Decatur's efforts to promote development in its industrial northeast quadrant received a major boost from the state earlier ... opened its North American Insect Innovation Center ...