The 2017 Mount Marathon races were run under cloudy skies and damp conditions. A man swats at bugs that swarmed at the top of Mount Marathon during the race Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in Seward.

Interesting moth - One Tree Island, near Nondalton, Alaska, USA

7-3-14 Kelp greenling - Golovin, Alaska, USA

7-1-14 Bright green bug - Kongignak, Alaska, USA

Unknown fish species caught in set-net gear

In just seven years, as much as one-third of the mountain-birch forest in the North Calotte region was severely defoliated by two moth species. Researchers now have a better understanding of what happened.

New beaked whale species: Berardius

We are spotting dead baby 'spotted' and 'ringed' seals washing up on the beach with no signs of lesions or signs of gun shots.

6-12-14 Sick Cod - Tununak, Alaska, USA

From Greenland's ice sheets to Himalayan glaciers and the snowpacks of western North America, layers of dust and soot are darkening the color of glaciers and snowpacks, causing them to absorb more solar heat and melt more quickly, and earlier in spring

Milbert's tortoiseshell caterpillar infestation

Thawing all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trail.

Abundant herring roe, most ever seen during the low tide - Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Permafrost thaw and storms are drivers.

Volcanic eruption in the Aleutian's.

6-2-14 Mt Pavlov volcano eruption - King Cove, Alaska, USA

Loss of shoreline and subsistence camps.

Thousands of varied salmon species reported dead at Klawock River.

8-20-13 Arctiid moth caterpillars, Kake, Alaska, USA