Here, the sun disappears for approximately 65 straight days during the polar night, plunging the town into total darkness. Then, in a dramatic reversal, it does not set for more than two months in ...

Consequences for the climate The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the surrounding Arctic ecosystem also play an outsized ...

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the ...

The kuspuk is a regional fashion trend and has been one for many years now. Today, they are worn everywhere in Alaska by ...

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

Get far off the beaten track at this expansive, remote national park in Alaska where you can spot wildlife, enjoy peace and solitude, and reconnect with nature.

The Trump administration wants to open up more than 80 percent of a publicly owned area of the Western Arctic for oil and gas drilling. The Interior Department said late Tuesday afternoon that it i… ...

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide range of insects and other invertebrates in the Bornean tropical ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service updated rules governing how much Arctic oil drilling can bother the Beaufort Sea’s protected polar bears.

Hidden carbon giants: Satellite data reveals a 40-year Arctic peatland surge Date: June 20, 2025 Source: University of Exeter Summary: Arctic peatlands are expanding with rising temperatures ...

Alaska glaciers, like this one in Kenai Fjords National Park, are shrinking fast. Alaska has been — and will continue to be — a place of great change.