Willows budding about a month early 30 miles above the Arctic Circle.

Patrick Jones, wildlife biologist for the state Department of Fish and Game, said he has heard of dogs killing moose, caribou and a days-old musk ox calf, but nothing like this attack.

One of the main winter highways in the Northwest Territories turned into a swamp this week following unseasonably high temperatures.

Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.

A golden plover, traditionally believed to announce the arrival of spring in Iceland, was spotted in Stokkseyri on March 28, a little later than usual. They spends the winter as far south as North Africa, returning north to breed.

Weather is relatively consistent around this time of year, but this season, storms have come in quickly.

The winter resupply road between Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories' three working diamond mines has succumbed to this week's warm weather.

Jeffrey Cheng, 33, died in the slide. One of his friends managed to hold on to a tree as waves of avalanche debris washed over his head. The third member of their group wasn’t caught.

Huge snow over the past few months has provided incredible relief to the drought situation that has plagued Colorado throughout the last year. 

Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for the season.

The NWT broke a symbolic temperature barrier as a heatwave continued. There were warnings over ice roads and spoiled meat, and questions about climate change.

A late start means the community of just over 130 must rely more heavily on air transport, which adds to the cost of goods brought in town.

Scientists only recently pinpointed the December blast -- the third-largest known meteor explosion -- by triangulating readings from infrasound stations.

Despite daytime closures, evening events expected to happen on schedule this week.

In Yellowknife, the territorial capital, temperatures climbed above zero over the weekend, breaking a record high on Sunday with a temperature of 3 C.

“It started breaking into pieces beneath us,” said Phillip Rode.

The Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences are reporting cause of death for one.