The Arctic Sounder - Serving the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope

The species has been spotted in the Inside Passage before. But sightings are infrequent. A whale found recently near Juneau is thought to have died from a vessel strike.

Longer and harsher droughts are driving a growing share of Botswana's traditional cattlemen to give up their animals

Why air quality is worse at different times of day and how you might be violating city code with your leaf blower.

"It’s a bit because people are feeding them, and they’re getting into the dumpster now too. But I’ve never seen them like this before."

A sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found beached on the east side of Lynn Canal had trauma consistent with being hit by a boat propeller.

Warm temperatures are rapidly melting snow and creating ice, which creates difficult conditions for dog mushers. Migratory birds are arriving early, and a mosquito emerged months early. Small owls dead around the Goldstream Valley that looked unusually thin.

Alder catkins (the pollen-rich flowers on alder trees) haven't reached their peak yet, but there are a lot of them. There can be four to five million pollen particles in a single catkin.

Svafar Gylfason spotted the year’s first puffin while fishing at sea near Grímsey island, North Iceland last weekend. He says the beloved bird’s appearance is a week earlier than it’s been in the past.

The tragedy came after several days of dire warnings about the dangers of river travel due to an unusually early warm-up. Search and rescuers crawled onto weak ice, open water all around, to help retrieve the survivors.

Two four-wheelers carrying five men leaving Bethel broke through needle ice on the upper end of Church Slough on Sunday night. Two of the men died, while three others were treated for hypothermia in Bethel.

Warm air temperatures have melted the snow, leaving the soil without the insulation that snowcover usually provides.

Spring has come about a month early. Is the mating season for our state bird, the Willow Ptarmigan, early as well?

The snow cover in Anchorage and the Chugach is disappearing very quickly. Go out and get it while you can!

Warmer than normal temperatures in Anchorage may be causing willows (genus Salix) to bud early.

"Looked normal at first then we started to butcher it found some unusual stuff on the insides."

Officials have confirmed a tornado touched down Friday afternoon in Eastern El Paso County. It was spotted on Curtis Road between Highway 24 and Highway 94.

The western coast line of India is prone to oil pollution. Marine tar deposition is heaviest during early monsoons or monsoons months.

Scientists confirm loss of ‘Pearl’ island, while schoolchildren using satellite maps identify one of the new icy Russian isles.

There seems to be a large red fox population in the region around Nuiqsut, Alaska. When I last traveled there for work, I counted 5 red fox during a 1.5 hour-long car ride.