Few places in North America offer the kind of wildlife-rich experience found in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. With diverse habitats such as alpine tundra, boreal forests, wetlands, rivers, and ...

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

Get far off the beaten track at this expansive, remote national park in Alaska where you can spot wildlife, enjoy peace and solitude, and reconnect with nature.

Clark Pederson, deckhand aboard the F/V Northwestern, sorts crab on the vessel’s sorting table. Discovery Channel photo.

What is the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska? The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska was originally designated in 1923 by President Warren Harding as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy.

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas development, including some of its most ecologically sensitive areas.

Some of the extraordinary wildlife in the wetlands around Teshekpuk Lake, a fragile “special area” in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that the Trump administration would open to further ...

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.

Disturbing this landscape and its wildlife could lead to consequences that are difficult – if not impossible – to reverse. What is the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska? The National Petroleum Reserve ...