The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art structural testing facility, home to the ...

Alaska's GraphiteOne project near Nome discovers massive rare earth mineral reserves, potentially breaking China's 90% market ...

In this video we kick off our Alaskan flying adventure with a flight on Alaska Airlines from Anchorage to Nome, way out on ...

The collaboration builds on the award-winning HX-UTAS Antarctica Pre-Departure Course, the world’s first university-developed ...

The Trump administration has finalized plans to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling, ...

An estimated 72% of Arctic Coastal Plain shorebirds – over 4.5 million birds – nest in the reserve. This includes the yellow-billed loon, the largest loon species in the world, with most of its U.S.

A humpback whale breaches in Kenai Fjords National Park on June 12, 2013. Humpback whales, with their distinctive fins, are being increasingly spotted farther north in Arctic waters used by ...

Due to the tilt of the Earth's axis, the Sun will not rise above the horizon in Utqiagvik for the next 64 days.

The Trump administration is restoring oil and gas drilling on millions of acres in the Arctic that had been blocked off by ...

Expect more activity in the Arctic ocean in spring 2026, when the ice melts. But how quickly the region opens up depends on ...

When Typhoon Halong devastated Western Alaska last month, the hardest-hit communities were accessible only by air or water.