Alaska
Bear 747 Overcomes Scandal to Win Fat Bear Week
It’s the second title in three years for the 1,400-pound behemoth dubbed “Bear Force One”
How the Bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park Became Celebrities
Park officials had no idea that the installation of live nature cameras at Brooks River ten years ago would lead to the wildly successful Fat Bear Week
A Small Town in Alaska Is Home to the World's First Hammer Museum
Perhaps no one knows the history of the tool better than collector Dave Pahl, who opened a shrine of his artifacts in Haines 20 years ago
The World's Largest Collection of Standing Totem Poles Keeps Getting Bigger
Eighty sculptures in and around Ketchikan, Alaska, tell the ancestral stories of Indigenous clans
For 50 Years, Dogsled Teams Have Been Testing Their Mettle at the Iditarod
Three men who have lived and breathed the Alaskan race for much of its history recall how much has changed—and what has stayed the same
This Wonder Bird Flies Thousands of Miles, Non-Stop, as Part of an Epic Migration
The more scientists learn about the Hudsonian godwit, the more they’re amazed—and worried
For the Gwich'in People, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Isn't a Political Issue, It's Home
Journey to the far north of Alaska, where the Indigenous communities hunt caribou, the backbone of the region's ecosystem
Thousands of Miles Away From Home, This Steller's Sea Eagle Couldn't Be Any More Lost
Now in Nova Scotia, the Asian raptor has been spotted several times in North America in the past year and a half
Trove of Unseen Photos Documents Indigenous Culture in 1920s Alaska
New exhibition and book feature more than 100 images captured by Edward Sherriff Curtis for his seminal chronicle of Native American life
Three Volcanoes Are Erupting Simultaneously in Alaska
Scientists continue to monitor activity in Aleutians, other U.S. sites
Polar Bears Take Down Walruses by Hurling Rocks and Ice
New research corroborates Inuit knowledge of the animals cleverly using new tools
Stranded Killer Whale Survives With the Help of Humans
The whale was spotted stuck among the rocks of an island in Southeast Alaska, but after about six hours on dry land the whale was able to swim off
For More Than 60 Years, Indigenous Alaskans Have Hosted Their Own Olympics
Athletes at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks test their mettle in events like the blanket toss, knuckle hop and ear pull
Dinosaurs Nested in the High Arctic
Tiny fossils of polar dinosaurs suggest that the reptiles stayed year-round
A Journey to the Northernmost Tree in Alaska
Explorer Roman Dial leads a team of young scientists on a mission to document a rapidly changing landscape
Venetian Glass Beads May Be Oldest European Artifacts Found in North America
Traders likely transported the small spheres from Italy to northern Alaska in the mid-15th century
Archaeologists Identify Famed Fort Where Indigenous Tlingits Fought Russian Forces
The new discovery builds upon the knowledge passed down by generations of Indigenous communities about the clash from two centuries ago
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Not Face Mass Oil Drilling—for Now
Large oil companies skipped out on the auction, but environmentalists say a worrisome precedent has been set
How Native Artisans in Alaska Bring Innovation and Humor to Their Craft
In Indigenous communities along the coast, a lively artistic movement plays with tradition
A Massive Supervolcano May Lurk Beneath Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Multiple lines of evidence led scientists to the idea that a group of six volcanoes in the islands are actually part of a 12-mile-wide caldera
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