All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

In groundbreaking photos, eclipse chasers captured the elusive solar corona during a partially eclipsed sunrise/moonrise in ...

Alaska is a prime location for birdwatchers. Local guides help avian observers check bristle-thighed curlews off their bucket ...

Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so ...

Even though we're used to recognizing Alaska and Hawaii as part of the United States, it's still kind of bizarre that we have ...

Two years after Secretary of State William Seward had brokered the purchase of Alaska from Russia, U.S. leaders suspected the British trading post at Fort Yukon might be located on American soil.

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President Trump’s envoy says the territories are key to resolving the war, but their status could in fact become a sticking ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan ...

Auroral activity is forecast with a Kp index of four on a scale of nine for Tuesday night, suggesting the northern lights ...

The map, which shows broad predictions for May ... Only a small slice of the Upper Midwest and part of Alaska are shaded in white, which indicates equal chances of three outcomes: normal ...

A Russian naval task group has conducted exercises and port calls during its deployment in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.