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 ...

The city's new inundation maps are expected to be released at the end of the month, before the levee is scheduled to be ...

Monday's quake near Egegik was the area's strongest in over a decade. Scientists say it was likely caused by normal fault ...

An oil company will set up a specially designed rig to drill the first-ever deep wells in the Yukon Flats basin.

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

Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge ...

Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

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

As temperatures rise on the Kenai Peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change — affecting both salmon and humans, new research suggests.

The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...