The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout ...

The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, securing access to the Pacific northern rim and ending Russian presence in North America.

The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout ...

Washington state’s Point Roberts is a “pene-exclave” — a piece of land belonging to one country but only accessible by land through another. As anti-US sentiment grows in Canada, here’s what it’s like ...

This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The features in ...

An air defense zone was established around Alaska for the identification of all aircraft in a bid to boost U.S. national ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

In a region dependent on cross-border trade, neighbors work to overcome an ugly international standoff. “It is one divorce you can’t have.” ...

It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

Minto Flats spills out in frozen lakes and rivers just beyond the village of Minto during sunrise on March 23. (Photo by ...

Protesters criticized the Trump administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues ...

Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin ...