6-20-12 Petroleum smell in chum salmon - Chevak, Alaska, USA

6-20-12 Pacific sleeper shark - King Cove, Alaska, USA

6-17-12 Heat wave across Interior - Galena, Alaska, USA

More leaf miners this year, less blue berry blossoms, but more cranberry.

Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.

6-12-12 Weird orange bug - Pilot Point, Alaska, USA

5-29-12 Unusual bearded seal - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

Since early February, the gulf, and beaches and islands surrounding it, have been in the throes of one of the worst blooms of red tide in recent years.

5-23-12 Buckland River floods dumpsite - Buckland, Alaska, USA.

Ringed seal with sores found in Shishmaref.

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations

Wolves and bears rummaging around the dump.

Erosion on the banks of the Koyukuk River is increasing in the community of Evansville and Bettles.

Wind fall trees an obstacle

Kuskokwim River flooding causes concern in community

Brown marmorated stink bug

Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) seen with large amount of hair loss.

Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region

4-25-12 Unseasonably warm - Evansville, Alaska, USA

To say Alaska has been snowy this winter is an understatement. Anchorage broke a 57 year old snowfall record Saturday when a storm produced 4.3 inches of snow on Saturday, April 7, 2012.