Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal scientists sampling commercial fish species off Alaska's Aleutian Islands keep finding new species. Biologist Jay Orr of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has helped name more than a dozen new species over the last decade...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a volcano on Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air. The agency says the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4:18 p...