The worst-hit areas appear to be established neighborhoods with older spruce trees, especially in Turnagain and Spenard.

The appearance of walrus on the ice off Nome added some excitement to the onset of spring.

It’s the first reported sighting of the falcated duck on mainland Alaska, Fish and Game says.

Cries to urgently call state of emergency in Irkutsk region as it chokes in smoke.

The rehabilitation center in Seward doesn’t usually get bearded seals, which live much farther north.

“I think it was a little more stable, and there was a little bit more assurance that the ice you were on was not going to disintegrate on you that easy,” said whaling captain Gordon Brower.

Queens are usually out and about at this time of year feeding up on nectar and preparing to nest for the summer. Things are disappointingly quiet this spring, and last summer’s endless rain is the likely reason.

Kettle ponds in Denali National Park contain less water this spring than in previous years, due to low snowfall and permafrost thaw. Shrubs are replacing grasses as the lakes dry.

One of B.C.'s most abundant plants is in trouble: patches of hardy salal plants are turning up brown, crispy and dying.

Federal fire bosses are plotting a strategy to battle an unusually large early season wildland fire once it leaves military lands.

Alvin Williams was reported missing on May 2. His body was found Sunday, troopers said.

A species rarely seen in the Seward area.

“Something” big has shredded fishing gear and long been spotted in the lake. Bruce Wright plans to use a deepwater camera to find it.

Hikers across Vancouver Island say they've been finding entire forests with dying salal. No one knows why it's dying but the ramifications could be serious.

The Mongolian Ministry of Health confirmed two people died from plague after consuming raw meat and internal organs of a marmot.

An unusual growth was found in a snow goose (Anser caerulescens) while it was being butchered. The growth may be related to a previous injury or illness that the bird healed from.

The cold and wet hunters built a fire to keep warm until Alaska Army National Guard rescuers arrived hours later.

After scoping out the coast for a month, photographer Mark Nui was rewarded when he spotted three polar bears and a walrus. . ' LEO Member Eric Oliver writes, "walrus are rare these days in Labrador.."