11-11-13 Weather effects caribou migration and season - Barrow, Alaska, USA
9-5-13 Caribou delayed - Kiana, Alaska, USA
Brown bears spotted by a resident for the first time on the island of Shishmaref.
10-1-12 More brown bears - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA
Across the Far North, populations of caribou — an indispensable source of food and clothing for indigenous people — are in steep decline. Scientists point to rising temperatures and a resource-development boom as the prime culprits.
Anchorage can no longer claim to be the largest port city in the Northern Hemisphere without known rat infestations. State biologist Rick Sinnott caught and kille dtwo Norway rats found living at a pond near a South Anchorage school. Professional exterminatiors hired by the city placed more traps at the scene Monday afternoon.
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