Peter Mather The calving grounds, which lie within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, offer sustenance and partial shelter from predation during the herd’s most vulnerable season, before the ...

whether the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, should be opened up for oil exploration. Down in the lower 48, the tangle between oil industry proponents and environmentalists, between ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is more than a remote patch of tundra — it is a crucible where nature, energy, and politics collide in breathtaking and often dramatic fashion.

Congress is once again floating the idea of using projected oil and gas revenues from leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset rising deficits. But new lease sales in the Refuge ...