John Craighead George had a tradition of releasing bottles with messages when finishing a bowhead whale census near Utqiagvik ...

John Craighead George had a tradition of sending out messages in bottles after each whale census. This is just the second ...

Once a month, you can hear the Alaska Fish House in Ketchikan from blocks away. The cozy little room is packed. People are ...

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed in July will likely have sprawling impacts to Alaska, but because of the way the nearly one thousand page bill was written, it’s hard to ...

Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. The findings contradict a popular evolutionary theory ...

Thirty years ago, scientists and conservationists believed whales were on the path to recovery: cutting-edge satellite ...

On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling, braking, and being one with the snow. Summer is on its way out.

One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for Russia more than 4,000 miles away in Ukraine. The Yupik are among the ...

Baja Mexico, from drinking tequila to swimming with whales and hugging a giant cactus. Here's why Baja should be on your ...

A woman suffered serious injuries when a bear attacked her outside of her home in southern Alaska, authorities said. The woman, 36, had left her house in Kenai, a coastal city some 150 miles southwest ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Stephen Cox to serve as Alaska attorney general beginning Friday. Cox replaces Attorney General Treg Taylor, who is departing the Dunleavy administration after four ...

Alaska Produces a Ton of Gas. Soon, Its Biggest City Might Not Have Enough.The feared energy crisis in Anchorage offers a lesson in the downsides of relying on fossil fuels. By Rebecca F. Elliott ...