Latest reports show 27 fires across Krasnoyarsk region covering 8,682 hectares in. Areas potentially threatening settlements. The forest fire situation is most difficult in Siberia and the Far East, in the Sakha region.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an uncommon but potentially deadly tick-borne disease that's on the rise in the United States.

Ocean water has a green tint near Craig and Klawock, Alaska.

After a very slow beginning to their season, fishermen in Ugashik Bay saw millions of sockeye salmon return in a little over a week in mid-July.