The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is more than a remote patch of tundra — it is a crucible where nature, energy, and politics collide in breathtaking and often dramatic fashion.

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains one of America’s most pristine places. This fall’s election could decide whether the U.S. drills for oil there.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is one of the Earth’s last intact ...

For nearly four decades, drilling was banned in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, whose 19.3 million acres provide critical habitat for the Southern Beaufort Sea’s remaining polar bears ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain in summer. (Loren Holmes / ADN) In an online conversation with Elon Musk on Monday, former President Donald Trump said he’d swiftly reopen the ...

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

For nearly four decades, drilling was banned in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, whose 19.3 million acres provide critical habitat for the Southern Beaufort Sea's remaining polar bears, along ...

Congress is pushing for new oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which would threaten the region’s outdoor recreation economy and generate minimal revenue for taxpayers.

Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National ...

Oil companies could buy oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but with new restrictions, under a plan released Wednesday. At least 400,000 acres in the refuge’s coastal plain would ...

The Trump administration formally announced Thursday that it planned to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the contentious Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department said ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an expanse of roughly 19 million acres along the North Slope of Alaska. It’s one of the last truly wild places in the United States.