Single dead moose found in water, with injury on one side of its abdomen
The cold and wet hunters built a fire to keep warm until Alaska Army National Guard rescuers arrived hours later.
Unidentified beetle pupa found near camp on a river bank.
Adding to the concerns are stories of increasingly aggressive foxes in Marshall and other villages. It appears to be a strong year for the fox population, a state biologist said. Marshall is shooting stray dogs to protect village residents.
Multiple storms and warm weather in St. Mary's.
The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.
For decades, the crowds of small, dark sea geese on the tundra of southwestern Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have been thinning, a situation opposite that of geese on the North Slope.
Black brant populations are struggling in the species' once-dominant Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta breeding areas, but conditions are better for brant breeding on the Arctic coastline.
As Alaska warms and permafrost thaws, the chemistry of the Yukon River's water is transforming chemically, new research from the U.S. Geological Survey shows.
Inside of a couch shipping box.
Plants
Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Filled with Pus
Dump and hill fire
Early Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Unusual weevil (Curculionoidea)
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) caught in village.
Large Old World Swallowtail Butterfly
Early Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) Sprout
Moose (Alces alces) near village
Early river break-up and low water
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