10-15 13 Too wet for food preservation - Elim, Alaska, USA

This has been a great year for the mushrooms

On Monday, Anchorage reached the 70-degree threshold for a record 14th straight day, breaking 2004's record of 13.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.

Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.

Several sightings of dead baby belugas were reported on the shores of the community and in the area over the past few days.

So far approximately 340 bison have died from an anthrax outbreak in the Fort Providence area of the N.W.T.

7-19-12 Great gardening - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.

Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region

Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline

Scientists have identified an orange-colored gunk that appeared along the shore of a remote Alaska village as millions of microscopic eggs filled with fatty droplets.

The outlook for blueberries in Southcentral Alaska this year is bleak, scientists say. The reason: Two species of moth have damaged berry patches, as well as native deciduous trees, from the southern Kenai Peninsula to Mat-Su.

A winter storm lashed the sandy beaches at the mouth of the Ninilchik River with ferocious waves, powerful enough to uproot thousands of razor clams.

Of all of the aquatic animals that could be collected in a gillnet on the Kenai River, crawfish are some of the least likely. Why? Because they do not naturally occur in the Kenai River or any other river in Alaska. Unfortunately, crawfish have been collected from the lower Kenai River twice in the last four years, and both times they were leftovers from someone’s dinner.

Anchorage can no longer claim to be the largest port city in the Northern Hemisphere without known rat infestations. State biologist Rick Sinnott caught and kille dtwo Norway rats found living at a pond near a South Anchorage school. Professional exterminatiors hired by the city placed more traps at the scene Monday afternoon.

Social media went abuzz the past few days after some parts of Manila Bay turned turquoise.