10-20-14 Sleeper shark - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

Interior Alaska’s hot and dry summer of 2013, coupled with an invasion of insect pests, has taken a steep toll on the region’s birch trees, experts say.

10-10-14 Unseasonable weather - St. Michael, Alaska, USA

High rainfall this month is being blamed for a major landslide near Sitka. The US Forest Service reports that a 100-acre slide came down in the Starrigavan Valley, about ten miles from town. The slide, and water damage to an ATV trail in the valley and other hiking trails elsewhere in Sitka -- all add up to a tough month for the agency.

A terrible year for berry harvest in the Upper Nushagak River.

9-24-14 Coho salmon with parasites - New Stuyahok, Alaska, USA

9-23-14 Lots of wasps - Kolikanek, Alaska, USA

A great year for harvesting mossberries.

9-18-14 High surface water temperatures - Bering Sea

9-10-14 Unusual caterpillar - Big Lake, Alaska, USA

These ladies found a snail that they had never seen before and brought them.

9-04-15 Swainson's thrush - Wales, Alaska, USA

9-2-14 Caterpillar with reddish tail - Tyonek, Alaska, USA

Crooked Island, 25 Miles south of Togiak. Remnants of blackberries.

Chum salmon die-off in the Kobuk River.