Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska. Not too long ago, Alaska scientists discovered more about where the ...

Smoke from the Ikpikpuk Fire is seen on June 23 in this satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. (Image provided by Ben Jones/University of Alaska Fairbanks) A lightning-sparked fire that has burned ...

In the next 100 years, Alaska will experience a massive loss of its historic tundra, as global warming allows these vast regions of cold, dry, lands to support forests and other vegetation that will ...

Two high school seniors from Toksook Bay's Nelson Island School bow their heads in prayer during the Week of Hope and Healing on May 13, 2023. (Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media) Roughly 500 miles ...

The collapses of Western Alaska salmon runs have been among the most consequential climate change impacts in the rapidly warming Arctic over the past two years, according to an annual report assembled ...

AKIACHAK, AlaskaAKIACHAK, Alaska — There’s nothing more universal than kids enjoying themselves at a summer carnival, whether it’s in the middle of a heat wave in New York City or in much cooler ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - When Diane McEachern ventured out onto the foggy western Alaska tundra a week ago to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, she had no idea her tiny ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...