Initially believed to be a cold, arid grassland, the stretch more resembled the modern-day Yukon-Kuskokwim floodplain.

and pristine assemblages of cold-water corals in the world. Alaska corals form the basis of a rich and diverse undersea ecosystem on the otherwise mainly barren seafloor, and harbor a high abundance ...

When I arrived in 2006 to begin work as the Curator of Insects for the University of Alaska Museum, I was thrilled to see these giant animals. However, even more thrilling to me was getting to ...

A recent environmental survey in Prince William Sound has resulted in three new non-native species being found in the region.

Life thrives in the extremes of the Sahara Desert and Alaska as nature and humans adapt to intense heat and freezing cold ...