High winds blasted across south-western Finland Friday, cutting electricity to customers. The rare June storm peaked on Friday afternoon.

‘It’s still only about half of the historical average,’ fisheries official says

A wildfire north of Delta Junction has reignited. The more than 8,000-acre South Fork Salcha Fire was started by lightning earlier this month in a remote area about 70 miles southeast of Fairbanks.

April’s high levels of rainfall led to continued flooding across the Greater Toronto Area‘s many beaches, creating a “breeding ground” for mosquitoes and West Nile Virus.

We could not figure out the what type of sea mammal it is.

A foliage disease epidemic that killed shore pines near 10 Mile and other areas around Haines appears to have subsided, according to a U.S. Forest

The leaves, in general, don't look too healthy. They seem to lack vitality and are shriveled in many places.

On June 19, some kids spotted an unrecognized creature the size of a large whale offshore near the Alaska village of Iliamna. Other accounts followed.

Infestation of an unknown species of caterpillar.

Looking at a map of Arctic Canada, it seems there are literally thousands of lakes and rivers, yet many Arctic communities are facing water shortages or threats of shortages to come. Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut Territory, will be facing that problem in the very near future.

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Conservation officers believe the same bear was involved in two recent encounters. The most recent involved a motorcyclist forced to back up by the approaching bear.

Community members in Paulatuk, N.W.T., captured rare images this week of two moose wading in the Arctic Ocean.

The Okanagan Indian Band is advising residents to not enter or consume water from the north arm of Okanagan Lake until further notice due to a toxic algae bloom.

Two people were found to have plague this week. What does the disease look like in the modern world, and why does it keep happening in New Mexico?

The smallest California cuke I have found.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute fascinated the world when it released a video of an unusual species of "ghost shark" in its natural, deep-sea habitat off our own Central Coast—the first time the species has ever been seen alive. These recently published observations also established a range extension for the species into the Northern Hemisphere.

Drifting throngs of pyrosomes, jelly-like, glowing organisms native to tropical seas have invaded Pacific coastal waters from Southern California to the Gulf of Alaska this year, baffling researchers and frustrating fishing crews.

Visitors to Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland could be lucky enough to meet with the spectacle of up to 20 humpback whales currently sojourning there.

Female resident killed in Novosibirsk by falling tree as freak weather continues to grip Siberia.

Across a growing swath of North America, these animals are dying from a mysterious disorder called chronic wasting disease. It’s caused not by a virus or bacterium, but a deformed protein called a prion.