Alaska has killed more than 200 bears as part of its "intensive management" program intended to help a caribou herd.

Tribes from the Bering Sea isle say they’re living — and dying— with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations. A U.N. special rapporteur is considering their case.

A report from the Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center estimates milder breakup flooding due to low snowpack and warmer-than-normal winter temperatures.

Once one of the states largest caribou herds, southwestern Alaska's Mulchatna caribou herds' low population has failed to recover. Researchers are examining disease and nutrition to understand why.

In Bethel, the 2024-2025 season has been the sixth mildest winter in 101 years of climate records, according to data from the National Weather Service.

When Typhoon Merbok inundated the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in 2022, communities launched into emergency management, and later, the months of recovery that followed. This week, leaders from 13 impacted communities are gathered in Bethel to reflect on the typhoon and build disaster and recovery preparedness.

The Rural Resiliency Workshop later this month is a partnership between the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and regional tribal consortium the Association of Village Council Presidents.

Throughout the history of sled dog mushing in Alaska, the tradition has been closely tied to the terrain teams race on. KYUK investigates the warming climate’s impact on the race trails themselves and what this means for the future of the on-snow sport.

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage from maternal seals to their young.

The issue pits a multibillion-dollar industry against Western Alaska subsistence communities struggling with record-low salmon returns — with climate change playing a pivotal role.