11-1-13 Krill die-off - Metlakatla, Alaska, USA

Salmon and crab gear seeing an incredible increase in mussel roe and slime.

7-26-13 Tadpole shrimp at swimming hole

For a couple years, Sand Point residents have observed an increasing number of the non-native leopard slug.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

5-1-13 PSP levels rising - Old Harbor, Alaska, USA

7-3-12 Barnacle decline - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

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

A winter storm lashed the sandy beaches at the mouth of the Ninilchik River with ferocious waves, powerful enough to uproot thousands of razor clams.

Of all of the aquatic animals that could be collected in a gillnet on the Kenai River, crawfish are some of the least likely. Why? Because they do not naturally occur in the Kenai River or any other river in Alaska. Unfortunately, crawfish have been collected from the lower Kenai River twice in the last four years, and both times they were leftovers from someone’s dinner.

Aerial surveys show almost no reefs across a 1,200km stretch escaping the heat, prompting scientists to call for urgent action on climate crisis.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game found an unexpectedly low number of clams during final surveying, but the agency still plans to monitor them in support of perhaps opening the fishery in years to come.

Shocking images have emerged from New Zealand showing millions of once-velvety brown sea sponges bleached bone white, the worst mass bleaching event of its type ever recorded, marine scientists say.