Adding to the concerns are stories of increasingly aggressive foxes in Marshall and other villages. It appears to be a strong year for the fox population, a state biologist said. Marshall is shooting stray dogs to protect village residents.

The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.

Unusual weevil (Curculionoidea)

7-26-13 Tadpole shrimp at swimming hole

In the village of about 400, outgoing winter ice dams triggered flooding tha shut down the low-lying runway for 11 days.