Close encounters of the ursine kind near Wrangell
At the Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory near Wrangell, black bears are the most numerous, and the setup allows a certain amount of intimacy.
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Tracing a magnificent (and tasty) king salmon to its Alaska origins
Wild salmon is not inexpensive, as farmed salmon can be. But it can be hard not to think it should come at a premium.
Farming Alaska’s seas
Kelp farming is turning heads and inspiring investors. Seaweed packs a high volume of nutrition without requiring much — no freshwater, fertilizer or feed.
‘Haunted Inside Passage’ is surprisingly smart
Fjorn Dihle's book is about things that haunt us all, things that burrow into our psyches and refuse to leave, the major life-changing and life-affirming things such as love and loss, grief and fear.
Standing room only: 750 miles on a paddleboard to Alaska
Karl Kruger made the ocean journey from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan with 45 pounds of gear on his paddleboard. And he did it with a smile on his face.
Visits to Alaska's national parks jumped in 2016 -- and the most-visited might surprise you
What's the most popular national park in Alaska? Denali? Nope. Glacier Bay? Uh-uh. It's in tiny Skagway, which sees scads of cruise ship visitors each summer.
The cave-in that closed Alaska's biggest gold mine
A century ago, the Treadwell Mine crushed 26 million tons of rock, producing $70 million worth of gold. Then disaster struck.
New mapping shows extent of yellow-cedar die-off in Alaska; analysis forecasts big losses in the future
The iconic coastal rainforest trees, slow-growing and long-lived, are dying off as the climate warms and root-insulating snowpack declines