The northern lights, or aurora borealis, could glow extra bright for 20 states on Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 19.

Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When the river level begins to rise rapidly, it’s a sign that Suicide Basin, a small ...

With untouched wilderness as far as the eye can see—and a distinct lack of tourists—this highway offers a glimpse of what the ...

The annual Iditarod dog-sled race is almost here. On the first Saturday of March, racers travel to Anchorage in hopes of ...

WalletHub analyzed all 50 U.S. states and graded them on a 100-point weighted scale.

Seward musher Travis Beals was making a special trip to Nome for the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Beals crossed the burled arch early Wednesday morning in second place — the best finish of his ...

Glacier retreat across Alaska could expand the state’s glacial lakes to more than four times their current area, according to ...

Glacial lakes in Alaska are expanding at an accelerating rate as glaciers melt, with rapid expansion over just six years.

Iran is roughly the same size as Alaska, 2.5 times the size of Texas and covers about one-sixth of the US land area.

Across rural China, entire communities began reporting unusually high cancer rates. Investigations throughout the 2000s ...

A tiny bar-tailed godwit has astounded scientists with a 13,560 km non-stop flight from Alaska to Australia, lasting 11 days.