Tube-Dwelling Worms on Seldovia Beach

Black slugs are impacting native plants in the Chugach Forest and may be spreading elsewhere.

Pyrosomes were first seen on the Oregon coast in 2014 and every year since. Recently they have been reported in Washington, BC and Alaska. These weird organisms that resemble large pink thimbles, could signal really big changes in the marine ecosystem.

The smallest California cuke I have found.

Drifting throngs of pyrosomes, jelly-like, glowing organisms native to tropical seas have invaded Pacific coastal waters from Southern California to the Gulf of Alaska this year, baffling researchers and frustrating fishing crews.

Squid are occasionally found in the area, but not very often.

Several dozen worms were observed during a Beluga hunt in Norton Bay.

Getting bigger each sighting.

Washing ashore from Kachemak Bay

Leopard Slug Found

Extremely high PSP levels

Invasive Black Slug

Near MacDonald Spit, southern end of the Kenai Peninsula.

A starfish that did not appear healthy.

Jellyfish bloom

The so-called 'warm blob' of water in the North Pacific has brought unusual plankton, which lack the nutrients wild salmon and other marine animals count on.