It is not uncommon in the Northwest Territories to have a few days of warmer weather here and there throughout the winter season. However, this winter seems to have had a few more warmer days, and more frequently than normal.
More firefighters are expected to go to a wildfire burning out of control near Lumby, B.C. on Wednesday.
The threshold for closure is set at 80 parts per million, but concentration in those areas were found to be as high as 1,300 parts per million.The warning applies to oysters, clams, scallops, mussels and geoduck.
Shawn Steward of Oxnard, Calif., had a once-in-a-lifetime catch last week in the Channel Islands. Steward caught a 90-pound opah, which is very rare to this area.
The size of a large caribou herd in Alaska's Arctic region has dropped by more 50 percent over the last three years, and researchers who have tentatively ruled out hunting and predation as significant factors for the decline are trying to determine why.
Bird is uncharacteristically alone and far from home
Wildlife officials typically tell Yukoners to keep an eye out for bears coming out of hibernation in April. 'We don't generally get sightings reported this time of year.'
Record-breaking warm temperatures had some people in Whitehorse basking in the sun over the last few days.
Alaskans are taking advantage of rare ice skating conditions on alpine lakes in Chugach State Park, with hundreds of people hiking into the backcountry to skate on smooth ice in the shadow of iconic peaks.
Following a year of both extreme heat and drought, Lake Tahoe has seen a record breaking amount of snow this December.
Scientists with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say late spawning for capelin had a significant impact on numbers.
An unusual weather pattern throughout the winter caused a thick layer of ice on hillsides.
The extreme cold is about 15 degrees colder than what is normal for this time of the year in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. 'I don't remember the last time we actually closed due to weather. This is a bit of an extreme'
Sargassum, a type of seaweed, is creating problems as it washes up across the Caribbean.
Farmers in around a dozen countries across northern Europe — from Ireland to the Baltics — are grappling with a once-in-a-generation drought.
A species commonly referred to as “red tide” has been spotted around B.C. coastal waters over the past month.
A large retail and office building in downtown Whitehorse has shifted so much in just a few years that its elevator is now out of service.
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