Brown bear (Ursus arctos) caught in village.

Large Old World Swallowtail Butterfly

Something strange is happening to the oceans. As coral reefs wither and fisheries collapse, octopuses are multiplying like mad. As soon as they perceive weakness, they will amass an army and invade the land, too.

Black fly

Early Growth of Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis - Highbush)

Early salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) boom

Unusual atmospheric rainbow-like

Blooming Raspberry plants

For one day last week, the village of Deering needed to use a boat to get to the airport.

Arctic sea ice last month reached its greatest extent for the season, and it was the lowest in the satellite record. Now researchers say that ice is also younger and thinner than it once was.

Alaska’s tundra landscapes carpet a good portion of the state, from the North Slope to the elbow of the Alaska Peninsula. Researchers say it's slowly sinking in places -- as much as a fifth of an inch each year.

Windows have been open during the record heat and the interior of the house is also full of pollen, a thin layer can be seen on the floor near windows. Everyone, even people like myself who rarely experience allergies, are feeling the effects, burning eyes, runny nose, and cough.

Early Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) Sprout

The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than they have in decades, some flowing freely as early as

Early wasps

Resident Ravens Disappeared in Early April

Caribou calving on the Kobuk River, seems early to calf.

Many Greylag Goose on Spildra, Norway

After a bat was found near Seattle with deadly White Nose Syndrome, a conservation group has teamed up with cave explorers to find out if B.C.'s bats are also affected. The White Nose fungus can kill 99 or even 100 percent of a population it infects.

Unusual weather pattern that changes conditions quickly.