Alaska has no established native populations of medically significant spiders, making it one of the safest U.S. states for arachnophobes. Wolf spiders are Alaska’s most commonly encountered large ...

One of Alaska’s most dangerous volcanoes, Mount Edgecumbe, is waking up after being quiet for centuries. Scientists recently noticed unusual earthquake activity and ground swelling in the area, which ...

There are beautiful roads to drive down, and then there are dangerous ones. This U.S. route just happens to be both.

Wesleyan University and University of Colorado provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows ...