KODIAK, Alaska – A sailor and his cat were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard last Friday after becoming adrift amid rough seas off the southern Alaska coast. The USCG received a call for help at 6 ...

Wintry conditions were impacting states in the Pacific Northwest, whereas a dry spell in the Northeast prompted red flag ...

A new environmental study recommends additional protections for wildlife, waterways and permafrost, with new rules for a ...

Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a ...

For wilderness lovers, Cordova, Alaska, is a bucket-list destination. Adventurers can enjoy activities like hiking, kayaking, ...

There are 30,000 brown bears estimated to be in Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. They normally live along Alaska’s southern coast and can weigh up to 1,500 pounds.

"Warmer-than-average temperatures are favored from the southern tier of the U.S. to the eastern Great Lakes, eastern seaboard [and] New England," NOAA said.

The border was fuzzy in Southeast Alaska due to a lack of geographic understanding: the treaty said the boundary should run ...

The countries would create maps based on the surveys. Leading the agency for American surveys was a man named Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.