"He could have picked it up in the backyard or on an earlier walk to the park."

Discolored marine waters near Haines may be reflective of the extremely high level of algae in southeast waters this month.

"Our temperatures reached 83 degrees, and seem to be getting hotter! We think that maybe the warm water has something to do with the humpy die-off?"

Unusually high abundance of rusty tussock moth caterpillars in the Nome area.

Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach.

"My family and I have been RV camping across Alaska for the last several years. This year, the mass amounts of dead spruce trees have been more apparent than any year prior."

Sea star wasting disease (SSWD) observed near King Cove

A range of wildlife-related events have been occurring this month in Shishmaref and other parts of Norton Sound.

Late arrival of humpback whales may be related to a change in abundance of prey species.

"Its face was down in the mud and it was laboring to breathe. Its body condition was wasted and we could see its ribs."

Smoke from the North River fire is impacting outdoor air quality. The ADEC Division of Air Quality has issued an air quality advisory in effect from Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:00 AM to Friday June 21, 2019 4:00 PM.

Tumor found in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

"When we looked over the side of the boat, we saw clumps of mussels floating up the whole Tuksuk channel. No one has ever heard of something like this before."