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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Peltola has fish on her mind during Cama-i trip to Bethel

Chugach forecasters warn of dangerous avalanche conditions after 1 death, 2 close calls

Alaska state geologists’ report on fatal landslide in Wrangell cites heavy rainfall as trigger

Juneau’s deadliest landslide tore through downtown like a ‘mighty grinder.’ Now it’s a fading memory.

As the permafrost melts, the houses in Nunapitchuk are breaking down

Thinning ice and shrinking caribou hurt not only safety and food security but also mental health

Husband of sole Wrangell landslide survivor found dead in search

Possible outbreak of botulism suspected in Sanikiluaq

Western Alaska salmon crisis affects physical and mental health, residents say

4 unsheltered people died outside in Anchorage in the past week. 2 of them were in wheelchairs.

High levels of 'forever chemicals' found in Swedish crayfish

Bjørn Ole (13) was sucked into pipes in the floodwaters

How the Maui wildfires devastated Lahaina, hour by hour

It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground

'I'm definitely worried': Wildfire smoke means Yellowknife's air quality among worst in Canada

Kodiak resident dies in hit-and-run during Saturday’s tsunami evacuation

Veterans who Served on Contaminated Alaskan Bases Faced Similar Health Hazards to Camp Lejeune

Ongoing avian influenza outbreaks in animals pose risk to humans

Covid-19 spread between humans and deer, study shows, raising concerns about animal reservoirs

83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make the mess worse.

PAWS of Nome seeks funding for bark park, wildlife fencing

Fallout of French nuclear testing in Pacific still affecting men decades later

As ticks gain ground in Alaska, researchers say health risk remains low for now

Millions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US

COVID vaccination effective in protecting vulnerable Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, study says

Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic

Bird flu could become the next human pandemic – and politicians aren't paying attention

In April, a record 8 people believed to be homeless died outside in Anchorage

Unalakleet mayor says work on water system to begin this summer

Rabies in Alaska bats is very rare, but caution is warranted, state medical experts say

Research shows a significant increase in rabid red foxes around Nome

'Whale is the center of everything'

Evolution of H3 avian influenza virus in China: Implications for pandemic preparedness

Positive tests for tick-borne illness in N.S. dogs up sharply, says vet

China records first H3N8 bird flu death, WHO says

Y-K Delta women describe the realities of living with climate change for foreign dignitaries

Sea ice loss affects biodiversity, economy and travel safety, hunters and scientists say during a conference

Winter Travel, Access and Changing Snow and Ice Conditions

Native knowledge of great lakes ecology: Climate changes to Odawa lands

After the fatal polar bear attack in Wales, a collective approach to healing

Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating isn't good

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans 'just in case' as rich nations lock in supplies

Increasing cases of avian influenza in people

Juneau's wastewater has four times as much COVID as the national average

Bird flu affects large parts of the world – experts are watching that there will not be a pandemic

Subsistence in these days of climate change

Environmental groups urge feds to track flulike illnesses common among BP oil spill workers

Trudeau says he ordered takedown of 'unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace'

Polar bear in fatal Wales attack was in poor health

Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice

How will the Bering Strait respond to harmful algal blooms?

Will 33-fold solar power in Norway in seven years

Company stopped the municipality's reindeer facility - sewage goes straight into the fjord

Hogs are running wild in the U.S.—and spreading disease

EPA stops Alaska's Pebble mine with rarely used power

Student project tracking microplastics found in Bering Strait-area spotted seals

Local Alaska egg producers fill cracks during shortage

There's a lot of talk about what we would gain from the Ambler Road. But what would we lose?

Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols

In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw

An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers

Garbage collection from the coast and tundra after the storm was completed in the village of Rytkuchi

Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases

Pollutants from far distances found in Bering Sea animals hunted by Indigenous people

New assessment of mercury levels and health risks in Arctic sea and wading birds

HPAI confirmed on Yukon Delta NWR

Alaska seeks federal air quality waiver due to wildfire smoke impact

Vulnerable residents flown out of St. Mary’s as major tundra fire closes in

Are seagull eggs dangerous to harvest due to bird flu?

Borough climate change planning effort gears up

The Unseen Toll of a Warming World

As permafrost thaws, a Biden-supported drilling plan is on unstable ground