Recent long-term studies revealed a three-quarters reduction of insects in parts of Germany and an 80% decline in pollinating flies at a field site in Greenland. What’s going on with numbers of Alaska ...

Northern ecosystems are seeing some of the planet's most sweeping changes from climate warming. For some animals and plants, that has posed a threat to their very existence and, for humans, a couple ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...

The Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the crown jewel of our national forest system, is facing an unprecedented threat. At the end of last year, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced two ...

The U.S. Forest Service controls 22 million acres in Alaska, including most of Southeast. It’s overseen by a regional forester, whose staffers manage logging, mining, recreation and fish habitat. The ...

Tourists visiting the Mendenhall Glacier in the Tongass National Forest are reflected in a pool of water as they make their way to Nugget Falls in Juneau, Alaska, on July 31, 2013. The federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales in the country's largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest in Alaska — and ...

Discover the perfect cozy Airbnb in Alaska, surrounded by snowy forests and breathtaking mountain views. It offers a blend of ...

The Trump administration has announced plans for a timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. At 16.7 million acres, ...

Jill Johnstone, University of Saskatchewan; Heather Dawn Alexander, Auburn University; Michelle C. Mack, Northern Arizona University, and Xanthe Walker, Northern Arizona University Fire is a hot topic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cassidy Randall writes on adventure, travel, and the natural world. One of Alaska’s most beloved tourism destinations—the ...