The targeting of the Attu and Kiska islands in June 1942 was the only North American soil seized during the war. The impact on morale on the suddenly not-so-distant home front was bracing.

During WWII, when nearly 90,000 troops were mobilized to the Aleutian Islands, Adak was used by the Army Air Corps for defensive operations against the Japanese during battles at Attu and Kiska ...

Last summer a team of scientists made a rare expedition to St. Matthew, voyaging more than 500 miles from the Aleutian Islands to conduct the third-ever McKay’s Bunting survey. They had a week to ...

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.

Specifically, prey availability over the southern shelf may be a factor affecting the decline in Pacific cod weights at various ages, which declined during 2022–2024.

Japanese officers stationed in the Aleutian Islands, 1942-43. (Photo Credit: National Park Service / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Pagano has long felt Japan should pay reparations for what took ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm,&#822… ...

Nine quakes measuring at least magnitude 5.0 struck on or near the islands and in a cluster offshore to the south Sunday morning and afternoon, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but ...

Nine quakes measuring at least magnitude 5.0 struck on or near the islands and in a cluster offshore to the south Sunday morning and afternoon, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.