Rare monarch caterpillar-butterfly (Danaus plexippus) seen in five years.

Severe turbulence, which recently forced the emergency landing of a transatlantic flight, is on the rise. But why and what can be done?

Young moose eating rose hips.

Blue-footed booby nesting on San Jeronimo Island.

Bumblebees (bombus polaris), moths, butterflies, mosquitoes (Culicidae) and gnats (Nematocera) are still here.

Ponds in and around the Nome area are drying up.

First toad sighting in years.

Resident becomes sick after consuming oysters and wonders what is being done to prevent future outbreaks of V parahaemolyticus, this new climate related illness in Alaska.

Commercial and Subsistence Harvest

It seems very warm when the sun comes out.

But at least there is a stream...

Fishing for pinks has been really up and down the last few years. In 2014 the catch was really low, and then 2015 it was amazing with more than we had ever seen before. This year's pink salmon return again, was really bad.

Purse seiner crew scrambles to shovel the huge bycatch of Northern sea nettle jelly fish (Chrysaora melanaster) overboard.

Rapid growth of white spruce over the past three summers observed.

Bird sighted far north of normal migratory range.

Earlier and more abundant then normal.

Unknown butterfly observed in southwest Alaska.

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in central Norway.