A Pacific walrus pup rests his head on the lap of an ASLC staff member after being admitted to the Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Program on August 1, 2023. Walruses are highly tactile and ...

Green summer tundra and the rolling Mulgrave Hills in northwestern Alaska's Cape Krusenstern National Monument are seen on July 11, 2011. The Mulgrave Hills are the farthest west extension of the ...

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of carbon dioxide. The new research, led by scientists at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, ...

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the region is ...

The Arctic tundra, a critical “carbon sink” for thousands of years, is now releasing more of the greenhouse gas than it takes in, scientists have announced. Carbon sinks like the Arctic play crucial ...

When Cyrus Harris first saw a beaver during a camping trip in the tundra territory in the far northwest of Alaska in 1988, the discovery created a stir in his hometown of Kotzebue. “That made big news ...