After more than two months without a sunrise, the northern Alaska town of Utqiagvik has finally watched the Sun edge back ...

Plant growth usually follows predictable limits set by latitude and seasonal daylight. Alaska exists outside that pattern because during peak summer months, large parts of the state experience nearly ...

As spring approaches, daylight will lengthen dramatically, eventually leading to the opposite extreme: the midnight sun, where the sun remains visible 24 hours a day from May through early August.