5-23-12 Buckland River floods dumpsite - Buckland, Alaska, USA.

Ringed seal with sores found in Shishmaref.

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations

Wolves and bears rummaging around the dump.

Erosion on the banks of the Koyukuk River is increasing in the community of Evansville and Bettles.

Wind fall trees an obstacle

Kuskokwim River flooding causes concern in community

Brown marmorated stink bug

Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) seen with large amount of hair loss.

Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region

4-25-12 Unseasonably warm - Evansville, Alaska, USA

To say Alaska has been snowy this winter is an understatement. Anchorage broke a 57 year old snowfall record Saturday when a storm produced 4.3 inches of snow on Saturday, April 7, 2012.

Polar bear researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey are only halfway into their annual survey in Alaska and they've already come across nine bears – six in Barrow and 3 in Kaktovik – with signs of alopecia and skin lesions. The muzzle, face, eyes, ears and neck appear most affected, according to a bulletin published Friday by the agency.

The Far North's iconic polar bear appears to have joined the list of Arctic species afflicted with a mystery illness that causes hair loss, lesions and oozing sores. Six in Barrow and three in Kaktovik.

A woman was trapped in a pickup on the Seward Highway on Friday after falling ice crushed the vehicle just south of Anchorage.

According to a report from Peru 21, local fishermen in Lambayeque, north Peru, were first to notice the inexplicable rise in dead dolphin appearing on shore -- averaging roughly 30 per day.

3-20-12 Aleutian avalanche - Akutan, Alaska, USA

The ice formation along the Seward Highway grabbed my interest because it stood out and was rather unusual.

3-17-12 Ice formation on cliffs - Anchorage, Alaska, USA