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However, if ingested by oysters and other shellfish, the sudden burst of a ciliate form of zooplankton — or animal plankton — called Mesodinium rubrum could turn their meat pink.

A decomposing sleeper shark was found on the beach in Kasitsna Bay.

A flock of Speckle Belly geese re-visit Seldovia.

Ticks spotted on a Northwestern crow may have picked up ticks while scavenging for food.

Very early for a hummingbird, especially in a non-urban area without feeders.

Sea star wasting disease, a type of densovirus, reduced the count of sea stars in Kachemak Bay from 180 last spring to a measly five this year.

No one really knows why algae put so much effort into making poisons. Alexandrium makes saxitoxin, and causes PSP. Another algae called Pseudo-nitzschia produces domoic acid, the source of amnesiac shellfish poisoning.

Communities on the southern coastline of Kenai Peninsula have noticed changes to trees as a result of the aphid.

More early bloomers in Southcentral Alaska.

The Department of Fish and Game plans to trap a flock of birds not native to Alaska that is trying to move in. The agency says starlings could cause big problems for humans and other birds native to the area. They want to get rid of the flock before their numbers grow.

Rapid changes raise questions.

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

Normally, we have so many feet of snow throughout the village and the mountains would be packed with snow.

This sea lion was seen for over an hour floating along the shore and holding one front and one back flipper in the air.

5-25-14 High spruce pollen McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

3-9-12 Barnacles declining - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA