This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The ...

State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, on Thursday announced his intent to seek reelection. Halpin represents the 36th Senate ...

(He is part Aleut, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.) From there he worked at Texaco, Chevron and Anadarko drilling shale oil wells in Colorado.

The Aleuts, at left, who lived on the Aleutian Islands, were captured, interned or removed by the combatants. At right, the fiercely cold weather meant clothing was a key part of the fight.

Remote, freezing, and nearly forgotten—the Aleutian Islands saw the only ground battle on U.S. soil in WWII. What happened on Attu and Kiska was anything but typical.

The Diomede Islands—Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA)—are just 3.8 km apart but nearly a day apart in time, divided by the International Date Line. In winter, one can theoretically walk ...

Pandemic safety measures may have docked big cruise ships, but visitors can still go to Alaska and tour by road, train and small ship day cruises.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands on March 21, 2025, at 15:03:29 GMT, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.

From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to prepare for its likely eruption.

In both 2022 and 2023, the US Navy sent assets to shadow joint Chinese-Russian naval patrols operating in the Aleutian Islands region. [1] The Chinese and Russian navies have also been operating ...