Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially ...

Alaska, or the 'Last Frontier,' offers unparalleled natural beauty and adventure, from Denali National Park's majestic peaks ...

A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by scientist Jim Bodkin. Click image for a larger view. Ironically, it is the otter's fur that brought the animal to the brink of extinction.

Marine flooding degrades permafrost near Point Lonely, Alaska. As compound climate ... rich permafrost coastlines, the land surface is falling faster than the sea levels are rising.

The plan was not especially serious to begin with as onlookers chuckled when it was proposed in the spring session of the ...

Our results demonstrate that the timing of polar bear land use in northern Alaska is influenced by sea-ice conditions on multiple spatial scales. This information can be used to predict and manage the ...

The U.S. General Services Administration is advancing plans to expand and modernize the Alcan Land Port of Entry outside Tok, Alaska. The agency recently released a Final Environmental Impact ...

Why did some species, including ancient humans, cross the Bering Land Bridge between modern-day Siberia and Alaska during the last Ice Age? The picture has only gotten more complex.

The Bering land bridge that spanned between Siberia and Alaska during the Ice Age was more ... cores of sediment from the floor of the Bering Sea. It was the first attempt to reconstruct the ...