Court blocks Alaskan drilling project
During his administration, President Trump approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska. Now a federal...
Humpback whales in Alaska thrive in absence of cruise ships
The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed humpback whales in Alaska to enjoy some peace, according to a new study. Researchers...
Killer whale stranded in Alaska gets rescued
Last Thursday, boaters and locals helped rescue a stranded orca whale on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. Boaters...
Alaska's Kenai Visitor Center provides a refuge from the outside world
Leave the technology-ridden world behind for a little while to sink down into the Alaskan landscape. The visitor...
Melting permafrost increases threat of tsunamis in Alaska
Scientists have warned that Alaska and other cold, mountainous places worldwide could experience tsunamis due to...
New rules allow hunting of Alaskan bear cubs and wolf pups
The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are easing hunting rules on some of Alaska's national...
Mountain Heroes cyclist aims for world record to fight climate change
Michael Strasser, famous cyclist and the first cyclist to join the UN Environment's Mountain Heroes campaign,...
Climate change has transformed much of Alaska over the past three decades
Climate change disproportionately impacts the Arctic, where rising global temperatures wrought by the burning of...
Companies push to start oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Following Congress's move to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas production, a long-sought...
Trump administration wants to allow "extreme and cruel" hunting methods in Alaska
Donald Trump's administration is angling to amend hunting regulations for national preserves in Alaska, and not...
Spending bill would open the world's largest intact temperate forest to logging
The world's largest intact temperate forest sits in southeast Alaska, where towering trees have been growing for...
Sheldon Chalet combines extreme engineering with luxury on North America's highest mountain
Sheldon Chalet is a cozy retreat perched on the flanks of North America’s highest mountain in Alaska. Set on...
An enormous amount of mercury is buried beneath the melting Arctic permafrost
Scientists have learned that a massive amount of mercury is currently encased within the Arctic permafrost —...
New evidence changes the story of Native American migration
New genetic evidence suggests that all people of Native or indigenous descent in North America are descendants...
New giant octopus species discovered near Alaska
You wouldn't expect humans to have missed a whole species of giant octopus - but researchers recently revealed...
