During a month of endless summer light, a mated pair of shorebirds teaches their four chicks how to catch insects. The babies ...

NASA launched two rockets from Alaska this week to learn more about the electrical "circuitry" within auroras.

Across Arctic Alaska, once-clear rivers are shifting to a startling rust color, a visible scar of a warming climate etched ...

Jordan Pruszenski, an assistant area biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks, has developed an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 11—Scientific work that has long benefited Alaskans is in the crosshairs as President Donald Trump's administration moves to ...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is evaluating whether to hold a first-of-its-kind lease sale for seabed mineral development in federal waters off Alaska, and seeking information and input to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rebecca Howard, on a 2019 survey cruise, stands next to a muddy trawl net catch of bottom dwelling creatures. Seattle-based Howard ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A volcano near ...

In these days of endless sunshine and air that doesn’t hurt to breathe, life is rich in the north, from the multitude of baby birds hatching at this instant to the month-old orange moose calves ...

When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of my occupation: “It’s the best job in Alaska.” After a few seconds of pondering, I nodded. It has ...

Unlike most of us, Jordan Pruszenski has held in her arms the following wild animals: wolves, caribou, beavers, muskrats, ...