The best argument for the raven as a symbol of our state, however, is the recognition of its importance by Alaska’s first people. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, “the ...

There are flutterings of a small movement taking wing in Alaska to change the state bird from willow ptarmigan to raven. Supporters say the raven is a better fit to represent Alaskans. Among ...

Enthusiastic birders across Alaska are braving wind and snow to be a part of the Audubon Society's 113th annual Christmas Bird Count this holiday season.. From Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, tens of thousands ...

The raven is a real-life bird but a mythological, symbolic creature who holds much spiritual meaning. Words that are used to reference this black bird include obsidian, corvine, or crow. What is ...

Birds have fascinated humans for centuries, soaring high above the earth, seemingly touching the heavens. Their graceful ...

FAIRBANKS — The problem with making the common raven Alaska’s state bird starts with its name: the species is just too common to make it a good state symbol.

Throughout the fall, a rare white raven breakfasted at a McDonald’s and lunched at a Wendy’s in Anchorage, Alaska. Photographs confirmed word-of-mouth reports; a Facebook group that now has ...

The meaning of a white raven depends on who you ask. For Gregory Messimer, it was an interesting sighting last month near his home in Kenai, Alaska. "It was kind of being guarded by its parents ...

FORT GREELY, ALASKA — Interior Alaska is no place for the timid or weak. Weeks of darkness and extreme, bone-chilling cold in the winter take its toll on even the strongest creatures. It’s ...

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have unveiled a nee robotic drone named Raven (Robotic ...

Images of homes and trees collapsing into raging waters in Alaska have become the latest stunning symbols of climate change in a summer of wild weather — this time caused by melting glaciers.