The marine mammal was seen some 600 miles from where the river empties into the Bering Sea.

Our Mosquito Magnet trap filled in under a week. We normally empty it once a month or so.

Wild roses typically bloom in June and July, and go dormant when temperatures drop in the fall and winter.

Wild roses usually bloom in May and June, but warm fall temperatures may have signaled roses in Fairbanks to bloom later than usual.

Unusual coloration in bears is often the result of a recessive gene combination. According to researchers at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, light colored bears have been found in Interior Alaska, although this is the first observation of one submitted to LEO.

Browsing moose may have damaged the primary flowering shoot of the fireweed, causing it to form multiple blooming stalks.

Prickly rose plant is blooming when others have gone to hips.

Wood frog sighted on trail.

Peregrine falcon observed in interior Alaska in early January.

Severe permafrost thaw and erosion along Koyukuk River banks.

Little early for blueberry to be ripe.

Spotted half a dozen wood frogs crossing Roland Road, Fairbanks. Those that were run over by cars were females loaded with eggs.

Winter is near, but, it is unusually nice outside these days.

Young moose eating rose hips.

Least Surprising News: Another Warm Month in Alaska

11-11-14 Unseasonable warm - Ruby, Alaska, USA

7-15-14 River erosion - Evansville, Alaska, USA

Mosquito populations are way up in Southcentral Alaska this year. Extremely high numbers are also reported from interior Alaska.

6-3-13 Erosion disrupts swallows - Evansville, Alaska, USA

12-21-12 Freezing waterlines - Evansville, Alaska, USA

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

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

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

Unusually warm temperatures for an extended period this winter has affected the ability to travel because the river isn't freezing over.

We typically see them blooming in June and most of them have been without blooms for months.

Cell phone video was taken by one resident, and the fox appears to be an Arctic fox, which is not known in this region.

10-1-12 More brown bears - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

11-1-13 Boats still on the river - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

Ice conditions on the Yukon have changed since the 1980's. Now, open water is more common in spots along the river, which impacts winter travel.

Strange chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

River erosion along the Yukon River near..?

Early thaw of sloughs in and around Nulato

Strange and unusual plant located in Nulato on northwest bank of the Yukon River.

Plant found in patch of high bush cranberries.

"Over 40 dead dog salmon, one shee fish, one lush fish, and two delmaga all dead along the river going towards the creek opening."

Delphiniums (Delphinium glaucum) are still growing late in to the season.

Never seen before in area.

Last year there was a large infestation of caterpillars in the area, wondering if that is why we have all the moths this spring

What are the weather conditions for Anvik in mid-April?

Is this a sign of more to come? Land changes raises questions about possible causes.

The village of Anvik along the west bank of the Yukon River has an increase in defoliation associated with caterpillar numbers.

Unknown furry moth

7-26-13 Tadpole shrimp at swimming hole

Yukon Flats community dealing with river erosion and landscape changes that are threatening the loss of traditional harvesting areas.

Milbert's tortoiseshell caterpillar infestation

Between the fall of 2021 and the fall of 2022, APU students observed a dramatic decrease in the number of Peregrine Falcons between Eagle and Circle, Alaska.