Alaska has the biggest, longest, highest, most and best of any destination. Of the nation's 20 highest peaks, 17 are in Alaska. That includes the legendary Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North ...

Unlike Alaska's more famous tourist stops, such as Juneau or Anchorage, Sitka offers a slower, more intimate experience of the state's untamed beauty. Sitka is a small coastal city tucked between snow ...

Experience a beautiful collection of wildlife moments from Alaska’s untamed landscapes. From playful Arctic fox siblings at sunrise to peaceful encounters with sea otters floating along the water, and ...

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 draft form ...

US Reopens Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas Development By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday announced a series of steps to open up Alaskan wilderness to energy and ...

The Goose Fire (#395) is burning in the Yukon Flats in northeast Alaska about 41 miles east of Fort Yukon on Aug. 4, 2022. Smokejumpers are protecting two Native allotments from this and the Belle ...

Our captain on the Bravest nosed gently through big chunks of ice to get closer to the face of the massive Harvard Glacier in College Fjord. Most of the little chunks hit the hull with a “tink,” while ...

The federal government spends about $164 million each year managing its land holdings in Alaska, a tab that could fall to the state if efforts to sell off or give away federal lands gain momentum. A ...