The $700,000 award will be used to monitor changes in river movement and the fish population that impact the infrastructure and economy of a village in southwest Alaska.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low ...

Typhoon Halong destroyed dozens of feet of Alaska's most significant Yup'ik archaeological site, scattering potentially ...

The Yup’ik community was spared the widespread devastation wrought by the remnants of Typhoon Halong on its neighbors further ...

A cave in northern Greenland shows the Arctic once thawed under mild conditions. Scientists say even small warming can ...

Permafrost thaw can stimulate the release of soil carbon, triggering a positive carbon-climate feedback that may be mediated by changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability.

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

Deeply frozen microbes are being awakened as a result of melting permafrost, which threatens to release massive amounts of ...

In the Arctic tundra of Alaska, climate change is forcing an Alaska Native village to relocate. Rising temperatures are melting the underground permafrost. The melted ice then mixes with the soil, ...

The frozen ground beneath our feet holds secrets from thousands of years past. These permanently frozen soils, known as ...

Scientists thawed ancient soil in the lab and tiny nematodes, Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, “woke up” after being frozen for ...

Researchers analyzed more than 1,100 sites across the Arctic and found that forest species are invading Arctic tundra.