Hundreds of fires are burning across the state of Alaska, blackening nearly 5 million acres of thick forest and tundra. The fires are the result of an abnormally warm and dry June, followed by ...

State fire officials say several recent Alaska wildfires were caused by escaped debris burns and unattended fires in areas ...

Northern Alaska, long viewed as a frozen buffer against fire, is now breaking records that reach deep into prehistory. New research shows the 2023 wildfire season there was the most severe in at least ...

Alaska is perhaps better known for snow and ice than it is fire. But new research shows the Last Frontier has been hit by more wildfires over the last century than at any other time since the rule of ...

Crews battle wildfires raging across California, Alaska and Arizona JUNEAU, Alaska/PHOENIX - Wildfires raging in three West Coast states have forced more than 1,000 people to be evacuated from their ...

Arctic rivers flowing through Alaska are increasingly turning orange as wildfires, thawing permafrost and other factors contribute to an influx of heavy metals in these waterways. NOAA's annual Arctic ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that one of its forest rangers will go to Alaska to help with wildfire operations there. The DEC did not name the individual ranger or say ...

Alaska’s spring season varies greatly across the state: from deep snow and below-zero temperatures in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, to clear skies and snowy forecasts in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, ...