Wildfire and smoke seen from Hatcher Pass, AK

Laysan albatross chickens died from causes related to abnormal Santa Ana winds

Spawning marine Pileworms observed along shoreline.

4-30-14 High PSP levels in clams - King Cove, Alaska, USA

4-29-14 Sea ice rescue - Barrow, Alaska, USA

4-27-14 Geometridae moth - Naknek, Alaska, USA

4-25-14 Rare brown bear visit - Bethel, Alaska, USA

4-13-14 River ice treacherous - Bethel, Alaska, USA

Animals cannot forage for lichen under the snow crust on the Yamal peninsula.

In Anchorage, the city logged 68 bed bug complaints in 2013, a decrease from the 84 in 2012. There was just one complaint in 2007 and 2008 combined, according to city data.

An intense bundle of energy at your feeder, Red-breasted Nuthatches are tiny, active birds of north woods and western mountains.

There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.

Rare Layson Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sighting.

Mount Sanford has been losing its ice cover for decades around its base.

3-5-14 Advisory - beluga safety

Two horned grebes have settled in Reykjavík Pond in the city centre, RÚV reports. It is the first time the species is found nesting at the location. At the turn of the century, the horned grebe population was placed on a watchlist due to its decline, but it seems to have made a recovery since. […]

For a couple years, Sand Point residents have observed an increasing number of the non-native leopard slug.

For the second year in a row, the Anchorage area set a new snowfall record. This year it wasn’t the amount of fluffy stuff that went down in the history books — last year Anchorage had more than 11 feet — but the days between the first and last snowfall.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.