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.

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

The ice extent in January was down 498,000 square miles compared to the 1981 to 2010 average. That means the Arctic is now missing an area of ice six times the size of Wales.

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 ...

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 ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems ... to sick children in Nome, Alaska, in 1925.

One of the plethora of executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. While state political leaders ...

Alaska was one of 12 divided state governments at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the ...

The Alaska Department of Revenue in December projected declining oil prices over the next several years, and an accompanying drop in state revenue. Lawmakers said Tuesday that new revenue measures ...