Smokey air as a result of wildfires to the north and south of Anchorage.

Unusual fish catch

Sockeye wildfire at mile post 77 of the George Parks Highway near Willow.

There seems to be an unbelievable bumper crop of spruce cones both in trees and on lawns this spring. Their abundance has been quite a topic of conversation, at least in my circles. It is coneucopia!

Mushy meat texture, and rotten smell found in sockeye salmon and pacific halibut.

Sheep, primarily ewes and their lambs, have died in great numbers this past lambing-season. The cause has yet to be determined, and farms all around Iceland appear to be affected.

The so-called 'warm blob' of water in the North Pacific has brought unusual plankton, which lack the nutrients wild salmon and other marine animals count on.

Environment Yukon's carnivore biologist is enthused about cougar sightings near Whitehorse, as tracks suggest the big cats are breeding in the territory.

Dead gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) reported off the Alaska Peninsula

Scientists first caught on to the strange event when they found thousands of purple sea urchins and other organisms dead in their laboratory tanks.

Photos and observations of the sheen thought to be caused by a fuel leak in the village of Shishmaref.

5-31-15 Unusual beetle - Goodnews Bay, Alaska, USA

Spring river ice change - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

5.21-15 Insect die-off - Chistochina, Alaska, USA

Unusual moth

We have never had cranes stop in here before. Something has changed that these migratory birds are stopping here.

Biologists suspect climate change and mild winters may have prompted April's early out migration from Auke Creek.