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Orcas spotted in Penn Cove for the first time in over five decades

‘A beautiful thing’: Klamath River salmon are spotted far upstream in Oregon after dam removal

That mysterious animal spotted in Anchorage? Likely not a wolf, Fish and Game says

First known video footage of brown bat in the Beaufort Delta

New kind of plant on the beach

Sabine’s Gull––A distinctive and unusual tern-like gull

Another whale swims close to Reynisfjara

Blue Jay sighted near Dawson City

Snake-like procession of insect larvae spotted again in Interior Alaska

Extremely rare beaked whale washes ashore in Otago

More people have been infected with Lyme disease

Hurricane Beryl is a historic storm. Here's why.

King crab boom in northern Norway has become multi-million dollar industry

The Hope Dog Sled Race Attracts a Polar Bear to Uelen

Incredibly rare: Gray whale, extinct in Atlantic for 200 years, spotted south of Nantucket

Cuvier’s beaked whale found dead on Kodiak Island

Lassa fever killed 72 people in six weeks

Spotted salamander in middle of winter

Grizzly bear spotted close to Kotzebue

Orcas are flocking to Southern California waters. One bloody, awe-inspiring spectacle shows why

Tick carrying Lyme disease bacteria found on dog in N.W.T.

An Egret on the Alaska Peninsula

'Am I actually seeing this?': Muskox spotted in Fort Chipewyan, Alta.

Invasive Elodea in Piledriver Slough

Hunters report record harvest for Central Southeast moose hunt

Invasive Elodea in 28 Mile Pit

Scientists observe chum salmon spawning in North Slope rivers

Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver Island

Farmed Salmon Caught in Rivers Across Northwest Iceland

Humpack Salmon Spread in Iceland, Threatening Local Fish

Beluga Whale Spotted in The Yukon River Near Tanana

Baby walrus, rescued from Arctic tundra, receives 24-hour cuddle care at Alaska SeaLife Center

Bluefin tuna washes up far from home in Salish Sea

Sea Ice Unusually Close to North Iceland Coast

Skate caught in subsistence net

Unusual bird sighting. Is it an alcid?

Sea Ice Unusually Close to North Iceland Coast

Elk swims to island in Finnish archipelago, first sighting in 40 years

Yellow-headed blackbird has great Northern adventure, winds up in Ulukhaktok

Unusual slime mold

Grubby's son captured as Homer faces growing opossum problem

Beluga whale Hvaldimir visiting Helgeroa

Spring melt reveals vole tracks

Discovered brand new fish species in Norway: "What the hell have we got here?"

Rare whooper swan returns with trumpeters to Marsh Lake

Rare pearl mussels discovered in Highland and Trossachs lochs

Invasive goldfish seen swimming under ice at Okanagan pond

Swallows sighted in February

Polar bear fatally mauls woman and boy in Northwest Alaska village

Insects in January

Orca stranding on Florida beach is first on record in U.S. Southeast

Minke whale pod sighted

87,000 cod escaped from farms - one of the largest escapes in a long time

Arctic Fox in Galena?

Huge sunfish makes rare appearance in cold north Vancouver Island waters

New peril for gray whale survival? Predatory orcas spotted in Baja calving lagoon

False long-horned beetle (Stenotrachelus aeneus)

Farmed Salmon Found in Mjólká in Arnarfjörður

Akureyri bottlenose whale found dead

Unidentified juvenile crab

Unknown plant or fungus observed in cottonwood log

Unidentified tick found on dog

Cormorants establishing new rookery

Visiting cormorant to White Mountain

Dolphin Species Never Before Seen in Iceland Beaches in Northwest

Evidence of invasive crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla

What's a shark ordinarily associated with the Arctic doing in Belize?

Shark sightings abound off Maine’s coast. Experts say we’re likely to see more

Belugas spotted swimming in Lake Aleknagik

Visiting walrus causes stir in southern Finland town

Volunteers confront an invasion of black slugs near Whittier

Rare birds’ arrival an ‘unmissable sign’ climate emergency has reached Britain

Shorebird from New Zealand spotted in Yukon after overshooting its destination in Alaska

Beluga whales swam up the Kuskokwim River to Bethel and scientists want samples of them

Rare cormorant spotted in Kotzebue

Peculiar orange fungus on juniper bushes

Rarely found snail at Saltstraumen in Bodø, not seen since the 19th century

Photographer finds massive octopus dead on Vancouver Island shore

Whooper swan far from home spotted in the Yukon

Small owl sighting