Rapid changes raise questions.

Open water interferes with subsistence practices.

Early thaw of sloughs in and around Nulato

Early Salmonberry Blossoms in February on Kodiak Island

el baramiento de una ballena jorobada en las costas yucatecas

Unusually high PSP toxin levels making shellfish unsafe to eat.

Community wonders about cause of illness.

A resident of the 20th khoroo in Sukhbaatar District, D.Chuluunbaatar, has been planting fruit trees for 20 years.

Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Pussy willows (Salix scouleriana) - a sign of spring in Interior Alaska.

The lynx population is up this year in Kivalina

B.C.'s wild bighorn sheep are facing a deadly threat from a pneumonia-causing bacterial disease

Canada and U.S. Coast Guard Monitoring Conditions

Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) Blooming in February

A bighorn sheep herd in B.C.’s interior is in trouble after coming into contact with domestic sheep and the contagious disease they carry.

A small black fuzzy caterpillar seen in the NPS administrative building in King Salmon, Alaska

A fin whale washed ashore in St. George, Pribilofs, Alaska.

The lack of sea ice in Toksook Bay, has allowed for a uniquel sighting - a January beluga whale!

Observers note that the western tree frogs are singing earlier then usual this year, perhaps taking advantage of a break in the drought.