SEATTLE — You might say Alaska has a competitive advantage when it comes to wildlife. From lush rainforests to icy coastal waters, this state delivers on a scale that's hard to match. "You know, there ...

Matthew Wooller couldn’t believe his ears after a California researcher rang his cellphone recently. The radiocarbon expert said a few of Wooller’s submitted fossils were from woolly mammoths that ...

“The ancient DNA came to our rescue to secure the specimens’ true identity,” wrote Wooller and his colleagues. It also opened ...

Foreword / by Kim Severson -- Introduction: what why how we eat -- In Alaska's far-flung villages, happiness is a cake mix -- Whale hunting at Point Hope, a village caught between tradition and ...