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

Swimming moose dies

Identified by ADFG as skin irritation caused by moose flies, (Haematobosca alcis) bites.

Moose and other species have advanced north with warming temperatures. University of Alaska Fairbanks assistant professor of water and environmental research Ken Tape said movement of boreal species into far northern Alaska has corresponded over the last century with earlier snow-melt and river ice out.

Young moose eating rose hips.

Beavers live in every province of Canada, every U.S. state and into northern Mexico. Range maps now need to be redrawn to include areas north of treeline in Alaska and Canada.

A moose was seen with some of its fur missing.

In New England where ticks have decimated moose, the average tick load is 40,000, and some have been found with 90,000.

11-29-14 Mollusks in moose gut - Egegik, Alaska, USA

Moose (Alces alces) near village

Beaver activity impacting water level