While the northeastern is recovering from the third major winter storm this month, the Arctic is experiencing one of the warmest winters on record.

Opalescents, also known as market squid, are showing up in waters previously considered too cold for them, and fishermen are paying attention.

Fishing businesses in Mat-Su warned that the rules could hurt the state's tourism economy.

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Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River water levels are expected to stay above average into the spring, following record levels last year that led to extreme flooding in Central Canada.

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers uncovered several key factors contributing to a die-off of South American fur seal pups, including mites, pneumonia and sea surface temperature. The findings, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, help scientists better understand the link between environmental factors and health.

A disaster declaration could make the fishery eligible for federal relief funds, although who specifically would receive money would be figured out later. 

An Okanagan program was designed 15 years ago to control the invasive species of starlings

Scientists with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say late spawning for capelin had a significant impact on numbers.

A flock of European Starlings sighted at a mid-town Anchorage building.

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

One of the most intense sounds emitted by animals on Earth is the echolocation click of the sperm whale.  When Yukusam the 13-14 m lone male sperm whale swam through the Salish Sea last month, he was recorded on a suite of hydrophones including the Orcasound Lab live hydrophone in Haro Strait and simultaneously the…

A new study estimates that climate impacts to public infrastructure in Alaska will total about $5 billion by century's end.

The storm dropped more than a foot of snow overnight in some places, making for a messy Thursday morning commute. And the nor’easter isn’t gone yet.

Coyotes have killed at least three dogs in Seward, and police are trying to trap the predators before they get more.

Environmental science and conservation news

The death of an elk in eastern Finland has been blamed on chronic wasting disease, which has never been seen in the country before.

Northern freshwater lakes are turning brown as permafrost thaws and introduces more organic carbon into the water, according to a new study published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

In just a few short years, the Northern California waters stretching from Sonoma to Southern Humboldt have undergone a dramatic transformation, with stretches stripped bare of their once varied marine life in a phenomenon known as "urchin barren."

For a March evening in the Interior Alaska village of Nikolai, Tuesday was warm.