enabling scientists to confirm a split in Alaska tundra swan populations. Swans that spend their summers in tundra lakes north of the Brooks Range are East Coast birds in the winter, settling in ...

Unusually warm temperatures probably enhanced vegetation growth in Southwest Alaska’s sparsely populated tundra, leading to a record-breaking 2022 wildfire season. And coastal flooding ...

For tourists, those winter activities can be as adventurous ... tight and learn to mush their own team of Alaskan huskies across the tundra during multiday tours with Squid Acres Kennel Sled ...

Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska. Not too long ago, Alaska scientists discovered more about where ...

According to the Alaska Department of Resources, Division of Lands, the winter tundra-travel season on the North Slope shrank from about 200 days in the 1970s to about 120 days in the early 2000s.

Beavers are taking over the Alaskan tundra, completely transforming its ... if there's enough unfrozen water in winter — then they're going to forever change that place." Read next BI Tech ...

Alaska Native communities have been raising ... The community relies on planes and snowmobiles to travel across the tundra in winter, or boats in summer. Most supplies and construction crews ...

At its lowest point on the winter solstice ... but it’s the same in the tundra, except instead of gingko, aspens, and maples, the foliage from Alaska willow and dwarf birch shrubs pops.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Searchers flew over stretches of ice-covered seas and scoured miles of frozen tundra Friday for any ... squalls and high winds in the winter, and residents were told ...