The man was walking his dogs on a well-used trail when he came across a sow with two cubs, a Fish and Game assistant area wildlife biologist said.

Aerial surveys this September and October show the bowheads aren’t where they usually are.

Willow and currants are budding unusually late, during an unusually warm fall.

City deals with impact of early-season snowstorm on roads, energy grid, tree canopy.

The last time it was this cold was in 1916, with a low temperature of -0.6°C.”

The incidence of ticks at all of Turku University’s research sites in Turku as well as in Helsinki has risen over the past 20 years, and they can still active into the fall, even after periods of freezing weather. Southwestern Finland and Uusimaa have reported 29 cases of tick-borne encephalitis and some 1,500 people have contracted Lyme disease, an illness caused by ticks carrying Borrelia burgdorferi.

Marsh Lake was the hardest hit, but power was out 'all over,' said Jay Massie, manager of ATCO Electric Yukon, 'from Teslin to Tagish, Carcross out to Deep Creek and west towards Haines Junction.'

Late budding alder tree.

Winter storm warnings were posted for parts of western Montana, northern Idaho and northeast Washington. Snow also was forecast for areas in Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Nevada and California.

"During my childhood, Mt. Arrowsmith and surrounding peaks tended to have a fair amount of snow cover; it was into the summer months before it totally disappeared."

Winter came to Värmland, Tuesday, with six centimetres of snow falling on higher ground.

Summer seems like it was just yesterday.

Various species can be spotted in different parts of the country till early October due to warm weather in the south.

Anemone narcissiflora, which typically blooms in June, is experiencing a second bloom in Hatcher Pass.

The Meteorological Institute (MET) is currently registering an unusual phenomenon around Svalbard, unusually large amounts of sea ice.

Nearly 1,000 water damages have been reported following the heavy rainfall night to Sunday.

Robert Prescott, of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, believes a warming trend allowed the turtles to delay their migration south.

Ice conditions on the Yukon have changed since the 1980's. Now, open water is more common in spots along the river, which impacts winter travel.

This was the warmest autumn on record for western Alaska. Local observer comments on how lack of sea ice is effecting fish and bird behavior.