The advisory is just a precaution at this point and was issued because the water appears muddier than usual, the release said. No one has reported getting sick from the water.

The first right whale of the season has been spotted in Canadian waters after an unprecedented winter in which not a single calf was spotted.

As many allergy-sufferers across Finland may have already suspected, birch pollen levels were very high on Wednesday, according to the University of Turku.

Its only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to a ban on public fires in several areas.

Flooding that halted Alaska Railroad trains north of Talkeetna Saturday, has receded, but train traffic remains shut down. Listen now

The trout we were gorging on them and the mergansers looked like they had eaten their fill.

Possible wolf spider seen in Teller

A 7-foot "wall of ice" from a Susitna River ice jam slammed into Alaska Railroad tracks north of Talkeetna on Saturday, pushing the rails 25 feet off course, the railroad said Monday.The Alaska Railroad is racing to make repairs in time for the start of its tourist season on Wednesday.

Residents of Jean Marie River can rest easy now, as rising water levels from the Mackenzie River have now receded.

A temperature of 27.7 degrees Celsius was recorded in the southern city of Kouvola.

City a ‘smoky hell’ as hill on opposite side of Amur River is in flames while driver films inferno on train track.

Sea ice has shrunk, but scientists are seeing signs that Alaska's bowhead whales are flourishing.

Early mosquito sighting in NWT.

The Finnish Coast Guard came to the rescue of a whale caught in a fish trap on Saturday in the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia known as Kvarken.

The highest flood levels in Finland's measurement history are predicted to hit Rovaniemi. The cities of Tornio and Kittilä also expect extensive water damage.

At the time of the encounter, Einar had been line fishing for a while. He and his boatmate had just been talking about how many whales were around.

The snowfall in Nome over the winter didn’t break the all-time record but it came close. According to the National Weather Service, 115.5 inches of snow fell, making the winter of 2017/18 number two for snowfall since modern weather reporting began.

Two hundred walruses surprised residents on an Alaskan peninsula after arriving en masse on a beach.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed a state of emergency Saturday for counties in the eastern part of the state

Everyone seems to be wondering, "What happened to spring?" Last month, a persistent flow of Arctic air blanketed the eastern two-thirds of the nation. Record cold, and even snow in some areas, delayed the onset of warm spring-like conditions.