In the storage room of a Wasilla boutique, 35 volunteers worked a makeshift assembly line Thursday, putting together kits to fight heroin overdose and hoping to save lives. Much of the work was done by people recovering from drug addiction. The crew assembled 1,500 rescue kits, each with nasal spray doses of the drug naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, which reverses the effect of opioids. Getting the rescue drug into the hands of the people closest to the addicts at risk is an ongoing project run by the state's Department of Health and Social Services.

The rigorous program of monitoring humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), implemented by Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in 1985, augmented by additional data collected in southeastern Alaska since 1968, constitutes one of the longest studies of living whales in the world. This monitoring program, now a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program Vital Sign, employed consistent methods for summer surveys from 1985 to 2014 to document the number of whales and gather...

In the changing lands above the Arctic Circle, traditional and modern ways of knowing are integrated in the classroom. By Lauren Markham.

Some of the coldest air of this winter season will engulf Alaska next week.

When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska—be it a sea otter, polar bear, or humpback whale—veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call. Her necropsies reveal cause of death and causes for concern as climate change frees up new pathogens and other dangers in a vast, thawing north. By Christopher Solomon.

The mushers who race 1,000 miles across the snow-covered Alaskan wilderness may be all that's left of the gritty endurance of 19th-century arctic explorers. This is what they're like.

In Alaska, relocation of villages due to climate change is becoming common enough to have a name -- climigration. By Dahr Jamail.

The town of Nome was faced with a diphtheria outbreak and no treatment, and it was cut off in the depths of a brutal Alaskan winter. By Louise Crane.

Everything on Kivalina is hard: there are no roads, few jobs, and rising waters. But everything gets better when the villagers catch a whale, which hasn't happened since 1994. By Saki Knafo.

With help from friends, a transplanted Philadelphian embarks on a voyage of discovery through Alaska's waters. By Brendan Jones.

Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy. By Tom Kizzia.

Tundra Chair by David Swindler

For decades, they were relatively common.

Rising sea levels have eroded Shishmaref for many years. Now, the Inupiat Eskimo village has voted to move

A Southwest Alaska village that installed 10 wind turbines in 2008 joined a wave of rural communities turning to renewable power to reduce sky-high energy costs.

Heat records have been shattered this week in Alaska, typically the USA's coldest state. Deadhorse, located near the coast of the Arctic Ocean, skyrocketed to a record 85 degrees Wednesday, the warmest temperature ever recorded in that area, the National Weather Service said.

Pavlof Volcano, a volcano on the southwestern end of the Alaska Peninsula, has seen increased seismic activity. The Alaska Volcano Observatory increased the volcano's threat level this past week.

Goose Creek Tower is a strange looking structure in the Alaskan wilderness. Looking like a bunch of houses stacked on top of each other, it became known as the Dr. Seuss House.

Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would literally change time.

Searchers on Monday hoped to find two skiers who have been stuck on an Alaska glacier for three days and were forced to dig snow caves after ferocious wind and heavy snow shredded their tent.