Old-fashioned Iditarod coming? Temperatures along the Yukon River deep in the heart of Alaska had warmed up to near 50 degrees below zero this morning as the 49th state heads toward the start of ...

The dogless Iditarod marches north America might today be facing a serious fitness crisis, but if you have any concerns about the total demise of tough people in these unUnited States, turn your ...

Iditarod musher declares innocence Two years after being booted from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race amid allegations of sexual misconduct, disgraced former champ Brent Sass from Eureka has ...

Princess or witch? As night was settling over the Alaska Range on Monday, 36-year-old, Norwegian ultra-athlete Justinas Leveika looked well on his way to becoming the fastest cyclist ever to pedal ...

Nowhere becomes notable Scientific American has called out “Badger, Alaska” as the country’s least “walkable city.” If you’re living there and in poor health ...

Scientific guestimating For years now, Cook Inlet commercial fishermen have been trooping before the Alaska Board of Fisheries to complain that the state is undermining the productivity of the ...

If or when? Russian President Vladimir Putin might find his army bogged down in a messy and wasteful war in Ukraine, but he appears to be winning the battle against nature’s long, icy lock ...

Happiness is just steps away This being the “cabin fever” season in Alaska, those suffering with what were once called the “winter blues” might want to take note of a cheap ...

When, oh when, is the American medical community going to accept the reality that this country’s biggest healthcare problem isn’t insurance or medications; it’s fitness? Americans are sick and dying ...

Scientists can argue about the ecological consequences of Alaska salmon hatcheries helping to flood the North Pacific Ocean with pink salmon, but what appears clear now is that no one can argue about ...

Overweight and obese Americans, who now comprise the majority of this country’s adults, just got some bad news from The BMJ, the journal of the British Medical Association. In a lengthy, peer-reviewed ...

While Alaska fisheries biologists have been fretting about whether pink salmon straying from the state’s ocean-farming ranches could damage the genetics of wild, 49th-state pinks, the feral progeny of ...