No one in Chuathbaluk has ever seen Musk-ox this far inland before.

A haze surrounding the hills had a distinct smell of burned wood.

Late Mossberry (Empetrum nigru) Bloom

Dead eagles are becoming more common around Sand Point, with one recently reported on Spit Beach

“We really don’t know when the problem started and whether it was a long-term situation this winter, but the bottom line is that it appears that salmonberry and blueberry were affected by the amount of cold and the depth of cold that we had that killed the winter buds and killed the above-ground stems of those plants,” Pyle said.

The skiing season ended in Northern Lapland in mid-May, but the weather there is still so cold and snowfall so frequent that the Saariselkä resort will temporarily reopen its slopes, which are currently up to a metre deep in snow.

If Alaska expands how many pink salmon its hatcheries — such as the one in Tutka Bay — produce, will there be unintended consequences that harm Kachemak Bay?

We were picking ticks off the dogs and ourselves and when we got home we found an additional 20 or so ticks on ourselves and each of the dogs.

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

The elusive animals use snow caves to give birth and nurture their young. Just how much spring snow they need is not yet known.

Hundreds of craters caused by methane explosions were discovered underneath Barents sea. Further research finds evidence that the violent explosions could happen again in the future.

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has warned that the Gulf of Finland faces the risk of earlier and larger than usual blue-green algae blooms this summer – weather permitting. The environment agency says high levels of phosphorous have the potential to feed abundant toxic algal growths.

BANNOCK COUNTY -- Mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus have been discovered in eastern Idaho, health officials warned Friday.

The last few years of warm weather means that more apples and even pears have popped up around town.

I went to gather some yesterday and there was no water to speak of; in a pond that's has been filled with water my whole life.

County health officials have detected a species of mosquito responsible for spreading Zika and other viruses for the first time in Southern Nevada.

The Health Department says two batches of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus, but no human cases have been reported.

Tammi Hanowskirsquo's yard is carpeted in forest tent caterpillars.