Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach.
Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) appears sick but is actually healthy.
Fishery scientists suspect the downturns are due to the warmest sea-surface temperatures ever recorded running from 2014-2016.
Sockeye are smaller in size and fewer in number this year than in recent years.
When Kodiak Island's elderberries started ripening earlier, its iconic bears changed their diet. It's another ecological shift amid climate change, scientists say.
Pink salmon die-off, and low water levels at Antone Larsen Creek
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