The potential to develop the backcountry west of the Susitna River has taken a step forward, as the state’s economic ...

Pleasant Island in Alaska is not exactly befitting of its name. The frigid, 20-square-mile island is uninhabited by humans, ...

Alaska’s new wildlife action plan, in draft form, identifies 362 vertebrates as being of “greatest conservation need,” a number that includes 188 bird species, 101 fish species, 43 ...

An Alaska state investment authority is looking to conduct seismic tests in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, setting up a ...

Summer’s when things get really exciting—bears are out there slamming salmon runs like pros. It’s peak time for photos and just soaking in the wildlife action. Hopping on an Alaska bear viewing tour ...

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

Joe Cantil, a retired tribal health worker, said the idea for the page started when looking down at the vast open lands of Alaska from an airplane on a hunting trip near Fairbanks. "You're out in ...

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains one of America’s most pristine places. This fall’s election could decide whether the U.S. drills for oil there.

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Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, where the Trump administration proposes oil drilling. Photo George Wuerthner.

A spokesman for the Anchorage Police Department, which was leading rescue operations, described the victim’s injuries as not life-threatening.

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in ...