Add another species to the list of organisms oozing over Alaska. A tiny gnat — one that in its larval stage sometimes crawls over its brethren’s backs in great numbers until together they resemble a ...

The animals included humpback whales, fin whales and a gray whale. — -- It's a whale of a mystery. Thirty large whales have died in the western Gulf of Alaska since May, now deemed an "unusual ...

Wildlife experts have been left scratching their heads after a totally new species of insect was discovered in Alaska. The species, called Sciara serpens, is a tiny gnat with a bizarre lifecycle.

A massive mystery spiral hung in the skies of Alaska last weekend, confusing night sky watchers hoping to catch an aurora instead of aliens. Alaska-based photographer and "professional aurora hunter" ...

A “mystery bone” stumped rangers and archeologists in Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve. M. Boles National Park Service photo via Facebook Ready for a fun “brain game”? Katmai National Park & ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. It began with a bottle, not in the usual way as a tragedy, but a mystery. Tinted blue and clearly old, the heavy ...