Pace of Bering Sea changes startle scientists
The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska's northwest coast relies on a cold, hard blanket of sea ice to protect homes from vicious winter Bering Sea storms.
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Powerful quakes buckle Alaska roads, trigger tsunami warning
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.8 rocked buildings and buckled roads Friday morning in Anchorage, prompting people to run from their offices or take cover under...
Agency weighs new rules for climbers’ poop on Alaska peak
Climbers on North America's tallest mountain may have to start packing out more of their poop after a researcher determined a glacier in which much of it has been dumped...
What does a bear do in the Alaska woods? Disperse seeds
Does a bear leave scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be.
Trump explains support for oil drilling in Arctic refuge
President Donald Trump said Thursday he "really didn't care" about opening a portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling but insisted it be included in tax legislation...
Company seeks to build island off Alaska for Arctic drilling
America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.
Pacific walrus won’t be listed as threatened species, government says
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammals have adapted...
Oil company watches over pregnant polar bear under bridge
A pregnant polar bear seeking to dig her maternity den chose an unlikely spot: a snow drift along a bridge leading to an artificial production island off the north coast...