On June 19, 2015, a slow-moving low-pressure system with spectacular thunderstorms that produced little rain began making its way through Alaska. By the time the storms finally petered out about a week later, 61,000 bolts of lightning had been unleashed on a boreal forest in the state. No one had ever seen anything quite like it, not even in 2004, when 8,500 lightning strikes were recorded in a single day.

Tununak Airport near Bethel is facing a catastrophic problem, as airlines are refusing to land there due to the village's shifting permafrost.

The bear got into the facility through a door trucks use to access the building, a USPS spokeswoman said.

Increase in red voles and gray shrews, compared to the last three years.

The wind known as the Diablo is picking up again, the air is dry, there is no rain in sight and the killer wildfires that have scorched the wine country of Northern California remain almost completely uncontained. Officials warned Wednesday that some of the big fires could merge. Amid these grim bulletins, the huge utility company PG&E acknowledged that the extreme winds late Sunday and early Monday had knocked trees into power lines in conditions conducive to wildfires.

Dillingham farmer Mark Hermann said he's heard from gardeners around the state who are dealing with an influx of slugs. The slimy critters can add a lot of extra work to farming.

Mass evacuations were ordered in what is being called one of the most destructive fire emergencies in the state’s history.

Waters were expected to reach their highest levels Monday night and into Tuesday.

A colourful bird native to the mountains of Central and South America has been spotted in Hopewell Hill, N.B., prompting bird lovers to flock to the area to try to catch a glimpse.

Melting permafrost, which some attribute to climate changes, is creating huge craters in Siberia. The craters are appearing as layers of ice melt, and larg

That’s after the bird apparently lost its way to its usual wintering-over grounds far away to the South.

Egret near Inuvik observed by numerous folks in Inuvik.

Cleanup and recovery from the recent storm that battered the North Slope coastline may carry a price tag exceeding $10 million.

New research finds that ticks are not only becoming more common in Finland but incidents of the tick-borne disease Borrelia - also known as Lyme disease - has grown exponentially in the past 20 years.

I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.

The Ring of Fire is exploding right now: 32 volcanoes erupting, 33 showing minor activity, and several strong earthquakes. Impressive videos and maps

An invasion of potentially fatal jellyfish-like creatures on Britain's shores is the biggest ever recorded in the UK.  The P...

Dillingham gardeners say that an uptick in slimy pests in recent years is making growing greens more difficult.

Climate change is thawing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s permafrost, and it’s doing more than cracking foundations, sinking roads and accelerating erosion.