A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

The move comes after several years of efforts across the country, including in Alaska, to drop words and names with derogatory connections from maps ... to the United States Geological Survey ...

On a small island in the Aleutians, some place names from World War II are reminders of the hate and racism of that time. An ...

An air defense zone was established around Alaska for the identification of all aircraft in a bid to boost U.S. national ...

In the past, social psychiatrists were interested in mental health in rural settings. Studies found that rates of mental illness in rural settings were similar to those in urban settings. Although ...

The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout ...

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes ...

The most important thing for them to experience,” he says, “is how difficult this is.” In the depths of the cold war, US soldiers were a familiar sight in Norwegian garrison towns north of the Arctic ...

Is President Donald Trump bent on political self-harm? It often seems that way. His overall job approval rating still hovers ...

With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation ...

Once part of the Russian Empire, it is now a remote outpost of the United States, sitting in the far-flung Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska ... this part of the world home for thousands of ...