For centuries, the Athabascan people of Alaska relied on wood bison for survival. That is until the species, deemed by the National Park Service as the largest terrestrial animal in North America ...

After a steep population drop in Western Alaska’s reintroduced wood bison herd, a state biologist sees a plan for a new herd in the Interior as promising. But two tribal groups oppose it.

The wood frogs were able to adapt to Alaska’s extremes because of their ability to quickly change from tadpole to frog before water freezes in the fall. ADVERTISEMENT.

Iconic arch that served as Iditarod finish line collapses in Alaska. Wood rot is likely the culprit The original arch, which weighed 5,000 pounds, took around 500 hours to complete.

In 1874, when the painter and naturalist Henry Wood Elliott was observing a small crowd of walruses on the Punuk Islands off Alaska's coast, he was preoccupied with the appearance of their ...

First prize, a Pioneers of Alaska Juneau leather and oilcloth wood carrying tote was won by Ethan Romeling. Second price, a copy of Lars Mytting’s classic tome on wood stacking, Norwegian Wood ...

Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed ...

Alaska and nine other states have notified the Environmental Protection Agency they intend to sue if new standards for certification of wood-burning stoves are not issued soon. The EPA last issued ...

Nome Mayor John Handeland said the arch collapsed Saturday, April 27, 2024, likely from wood rot. Credit: AP/Mark Thiessen That arch was damaged in 1999 while being moved off Front Street.

The famed burled arch finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, has collapsed. Nome's mayor tells Anchorage television station KTUU that wood rot was likely the cause. The ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The famed burled arch finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has collapsed into a wood pile in Alaska, officials said. Nome Mayor John Handeland told Anchorage ...

The famed burled arch finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has collapsed into a wood pile in Alaska, officials said. Nome Mayor John Handeland told Anchorage television station KTUU ...