Pear shaped cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are likely the result of a genetic mutation.
Dead or dying eggs in a female coho salmon are a possible symptom of environmental stress felt by the fish. In Western Alaska, water levels have been low following a rapid spring snowmelt and low precipitation.
I have never seen fireweed like this. It is not growing with the normal straight stalk. Is it fireweed? My yard is full of them.
This is the first time I recall seeing Fireweed that has a form like this.
Browsing moose may have damaged the primary flowering shoot of the fireweed, causing it to form multiple blooming stalks.
Small spiny growths on a rosebush resemble spiny galls created by cynipid wasps.
Ticks spotted on a Northwestern crow may have picked up ticks while scavenging for food.
The white spots found in the smelt appear to be tapeworm or nematode larvae. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend cooking fish at about 153 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes or freezing the fish at -4 degrees Fahrenheit for 7 days to kill the larvae before you eat the fish.
A thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) was spotted with a bill abnormality that could be attributed to poxvirus or other virus, trauma, tumor, or congenital abnormality.
Steller's jay has one tick on each foot. The ticks may be a species that is commonly found on birds or a species that was picked up from a mammal as the bird was scavenging.
More than 50 birds and a seal were found along the shoreline.
If the cysts contain milky, white fluid, they are likely Henneguya, a harmless and relatively common parasite. But if they contain a larvae, they are likely tape worms which can infect people.
Warm water temperatures may be causing stress and increase the risk of infections and other illness in fish.
Fireweed observed with flat, curled stem and many buds, indicating fasciation.
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) caught with a spinal curvature, which may be related to many different factors including genetics, infectious disease, trauma, neoplasm, diet, or changes in the environment.
"Its face was down in the mud and it was laboring to breathe. Its body condition was wasted and we could see its ribs."
Tumor found in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Regurgitation from a bald eagle contains plastic pieces.
An unusual growth was found in a snow goose (Anser caerulescens) while it was being butchered. The growth may be related to a previous injury or illness that the bird healed from.
Salal bushes observed to be very dry and dying in British Columbia.
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