A critical artery is threatened by thawing permafrost.

Russian officials have said the death of a 12-year-old boy, a member of a reindeer-herding family from the Yamal tundra 1,300 miles north of Moscow, was the first fatality in Siberia linked to the pathogen since 1941. Twenty others have been diagnosed with anthrax.

Melted permafrost that exposed an infected reindeer carcass is believed to have resulted in the cases that killed a 12-year-boy and sickened eight others.

Seventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures

Unknown fish caught this summer in Togiak Bay.

Abundant berry harvest this year in southcentral Alaska

Disease thought to be caused by mold or an infestation of aphids observed on Bird Ridge along the Seward Highway.

Six inches of rain fell in a three hour period.

Mysterious beaked whale washed up on Pribilof Islands is 1 of only 8 known specimens • Michelle Ridgway, St. George community collect crucial tissue samples leading to discovery

Portions of the Matanuska River’s banks near Butte were “beginning to show signs of breeching” Sunday night, leading Mat-Su Borough officials to ask that area residents prepare for potential evacuations.

A unique insect?

Unknown species of green algae in a lake near Kongiganak.

Interesting wasp is black with neon stripes

Wet weather has brought much-needed relief to the ongoing effort to control the McHugh Creek fire in southeast Anchorage. Listen now

Warm temperatures come early this year.

Early Salmonberries (Rubus chamaemorus)