Predaceous diving beetle

When a scientist went to an uninhabited island in Nunavut to set up a research station he stumbled across something else: dozens of dead caribou.

Kebnekaise mountain in Sweden will no longer be the tallest in the country as the glacier on its highest peak melts rapidly in an unprecedented heat wave.

On Monday, Anchorage reached the 70-degree threshold for a record 14th straight day, breaking 2004's record of 13.

7-26-13 Tadpole shrimp at swimming hole

7-25-13 Invasive dandelion - Levelock, Alaska, USA

7-24-13 More salmon berries - Nondalton, Alaska, USA

7-23-13 Horntail wood wasp - Selawik, Alaska,

7-22-13 Heat illness - Nondalton, Alaska, USA

7-21-13 Tiger moth - St. Mary's, Alaska, USA

Mosquito populations are way up in Southcentral Alaska this year. Extremely high numbers are also reported from interior Alaska.

Crane fly adult

7-11-13 Red phytoplankton bloom - Jakolof Bay, Alaska, USA

There were extreme rain events in September of 2012 that caused landslides, erosion and ultimately blockage of a culvert over Jakolof Creek.

6-26-13 Risky ice conditions for whaling - Barrow, Alaska, USA

Residents were amazed to see lightning actually arching down to the ground.

6-19-13 Extreme temperature Bethel, Alaska, USA

6-18-13 Extreme heat - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

Each spring, it seems, the air of Alaska is filled with the buzz of mosquitoes and the whines of people declaring that this is undoubtedly the worst bug season they've ever experienced. This year they may have a case.

6-6-13 Bald eagle with facial abnormality. King Salmon, Alaska, USA