Millions of bats in the Eastern US and the Midwest have died from white nose syndrome disease, and it’s spreading.
Hundreds of northern lampfish were observed on Nahku Bay beach. The last die-off occurred in March 2011.
Juneau's Spring King Salmon Derby won’t happen this year, because there aren’t enough fish. State biologists predict chinook returns will be low this year.
On a recent hike, I heard a volley of high-pitched screams coming from a thick stand of small spruces just beside the trail. They sounded very much like the cries of a red-tailed hawk, but that bird would be highly improbable in such a place and at this time of year (February). Surely it was a Steller’s jay, which is well-known to mimic redtails and some other birds as well.
Sea angel (Clione limacina) observed during mid December near Stika, Alaska.
Early blooming salmonberry (was'x'aan tléiGu and blueberry (naanyaa kanat'aayi - Tlingit language) blossoms.
A dead porpoise and eight seabirds found along shoreline
This season's pink salmon were slightly bigger, but southern Panhandle runs fizzled.
Biologists suspect climate change and mild winters may have prompted April's early out migration from Auke Creek.
3/18/15 Early songbirds - Haines, Alaska, USA
2/15/15 Lantern fish - Haines, Alaska, USA
Earthworm found while cleaning yard
11-14-14 Jellyfish bloom Haines, Alaska, USA
Heavy sea ice observed in southeast Alaska.
At least 36 ships will skip scheduled stops in Skagway this summer because the cruise dock closed after a landslide sent debris toppling from the mountain above.
Summer commercial Dungeness crabbing was well below average in Lynn Canal, with fishermen hauling in an estimated 105,000 pounds this year compared
What is 30 lbs, 26 inches around and white all over? Your next meal, or ten meals, or twenty. Calvatia gigantea, or giant puffballs, typically ranges from the size of a mini marshmallow to a soccer ball. The largest record of a giant puffball had a circumference of eight feet & eight inches and weighed 48 lbs.
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