County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the 88-mile rail line, proposed by ...

Scientists discover cold-loving proteins called cryorhodopsins that could help control brain cells with light.

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large amounts of ground ice, making it vulnerable to abrupt thaw after fires. Yet ...

You’ve watched them shuffle across icebergs and marveled at their underwater acrobatics, and now you'll want to share these ...

The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve ...

Synthetic lichens could transform Martian dust into self-growing habitats for future Mars bases and 3D printed buildings.

Glacier Country is a once‑in‑a‑lifetime escape with snow‑topped peaks, sparkling lakes, friendly towns, and wild adventures ...

There’s something magical hiding in the Allegheny Mountains that even many Pennsylvania natives haven’t discovered yet—a sprawling natural paradise called Prince Gallitzin State Park in Patton.

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the ...

In the United States, heat waves break out every summer. While people can jump in their pools, go to the beach, hit the lake, ...