Kayla Desroches/KMXT It looks like it’ll be a ratty season for Kodiak. The rodents are running rampant this year, at least according to one local pest cont

Unknown purple plant species.

Early Ripe Blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

Very early berries this year.

Climate change is effecting the people of the Solomon Islands in many ways. Sea level rise is a major driver.

Invasive Black Slug

It’s a vicious cycle: As the weather warms, the Earth’s permafrost is melting, releasing greenhouse gases that are going to make the planet even hotter.

An Eight-spotted Langson's (Fabricius, 1775) or Langson's Forester Couper observed lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.

Early Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Climate-induced habitat changes on Alaska's North Slope such as coastal erosion and permafrost thaw have produced more food for migrating brant, a study says.

The notoriously difficult-to-study Pacific walrus population decreased by about half between 1981 and 1999, likely due to hunting and changes to sea-ice habitat, according to a new USGS study that is considered the most up-to-date and comprehensive so far. The Pacific walrus is being considered for Endangered Species Act protections.

River Erosion

Because ice makes up a good portion of the underground foundation of northern Alaska, thawing has dropped the landscape as much as 3 feet in some places.

Salmon Berries (Rubus spectabilis) Early

Unusual weevil (Curculionoidea)

Spruce Aphid (Elatobium abietinum) Damage