9-5-13 Caribou delayed - Kiana, Alaska, USA

The blueberries are so ripe now that the best time to pick those are late morning while they are chilled down and the leaves are not so moist, otherwise they fall easily or squish in your fingers.

11-27-12 Still no snow or Yukon ice - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Aleknagik, November 26, 2012 (ice) Our lake froze weird again this year.

Birch shieldbug found in Wasilla home in November.

11-21-12 Air pockets in river ice - St. Marys, Alaska, USA

Half of what we usually have this time of year.

November is usually the second snowiest month in Anchorage, but this year, snow totals are well below average. So far, only about three inches of snow has fallen in the city. November usually sees an average of seven inches by now, with a total of a little more than 13 inches for the month. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dave Snider says total snowfall for the season is also well below normal.

Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.

Late snow seasonal snow fall

11-1-12 Late salmon run - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Road dust is unhealthy.

On a rising tide, a line of bubbles from the mud under the water of Ugashik Bay can be observed rising forcefully to the surface.

Species of nematode Splendidofilaria pectoralis has been described in blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus pallidus) in British Columbia, but never as far north and west as Unalakleet.

Brown bears spotted by a resident for the first time on the island of Shishmaref.

Yukon Flats community dealing with river erosion and landscape changes that are threatening the loss of traditional harvesting areas.

10-1-12 More brown bears - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

Permafrost thaw is causing trail in Golovin to erode.

Permafrost thawing causing bridge damage.