Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.

(The Weather Channel) – A rapidly intensifying storm has brought wind gusts in excess of 90 mph to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands this weekend while also presenting spectacular views on satellite imagery.

Last in a series. These stories were reported in partnership with the Seattle Times and the Pulitzer Center’s Connected Coastlines reporting initiative. Additional support from KUCB public media in ...

The source said a quake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale had been registered off the Aleutian Ridge at a depth of 30 kilometers under the seabed PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 18. /TASS/. Tsunami ...

The species was found in a tide pool off the coast of Bering Island to the east of Kamchatka. Photo by Snapsaga via Unsplash In a shallow tide pool off Russia’s Bering Island, a researcher caught, by ...

Shaun wants to remind everyone why they call him Mr. Gold on Bering Sea Gold This week on Bering Sea Gold, the Nome miners continue to search further out as they seek to strike it rich. Shaun heads to ...

This item is a field book by Leonhard Stejneger detailing his field work with birds from 1882-1883 on Bering Island, in the Commander Islands group of Russia. Entries are organized by species, are ...

Bering Sea Gold is back for Season 8, as the summer mining season gets rolling once again and these adventurous souls dredge the Bering Sea for gold. However, slim picking in Nome leads some of the ...

In 2012, an 85-year-old scientist and his son-in-law pulled a cylinder of muck from a faraway island. They carried it home like a newborn baby, froze it, and mailed it to a researcher across the ...

This story is part of The Seattle Times’ coverage of the effects of climate change in the Bering Sea. It was reported in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and the Pulitzer Center’s Connected ...