What little snow has fallen in recent weeks has disappeared, leaving inviting surfaces and smooth terrain to explore.

A pod of Orca whales has made an unprecedented trip from Iceland to more than 3,000 miles away in Genoa, Italy according to a nonprofit organization that tracks them.

Gusty winds and precipitation began pounding Finland from the southwest on Wednesday morning.

Professor John Reynolds shared the following video of his observation of a large aggregation of gulls and other coastal seabirds over a large aggregation of Northern Anchovy at White Rock, BC.

Last week’s storm was the most fatal natural disaster to Iceland’s horses in decades. The situation was worst in Vestur- and Austur Húnavatnssýsla, but horses died elsewhere around the country as well.

A few years ago, people had to cover up parts of the burial site that were becoming exposed.

Hundreds of ice balls could be seen floating on the beach at Ohtakari island in Finland’s Bay of Bothnia.

No one was injured when a car hit a 6-foot-by-8-foot rock that fell from cliffs next to the Seward Highway late Wednesday.

Night-time temperatures have been cold enough for snow but the snow quickly melts by morning.

Most of Anchorage is currently covered in ice, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to ski.

Poor trail conditions have pushed the Kuskokwim 300 Season Opener race back another week.

Clams collected in late August had concentrations of saxitoxin considered dangerous for human consumption. The samples were collected in August about 70 miles north of St. Lawrence Island and about 50 miles north of Cape Lisburne, much further north than previously documented.

This has become the new norm across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Late winters and sudden thawing have turned roads into slush and made rivers and sloughs, which are necessary for travel, less safe because they take longer to freeze.

"I saw thousands of these on Drakes Beach on Dec. 6, after the recent storm. What happened?" David Ford

Travelers need to stay off Straight Slough, which flows into the main Kuskokwim River near Bethel.

A storm bringing hurricane force winds and blizzard conditions is raging across the country.

The highway closed after rocks covered the northbound lane at mile 111, near McHugh Creek. A second rock slide was reported near mile 106.5.

Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) spotted outside of usual species range.

Hiila Inga is concerned about the health of his reindeer. His community herds 8000 head each year, between traditional grazing lands in the mountain and the forests further east.