The number of salmon returning to Chester Creek has improved since 2008. This year, spawning salmon are lingering in the creek later than usual.
Late-blooming lily may benefit from warm temperatures in late September/early October.
The repeated run-ins with the bear were part of the reason that one children's camp decided to move out of Russian Jack to another park.
A wild rose (Rosa acicularis) blooms late during a warm fall.
The bear tunneled under the zoo’s perimeter fence and broke through the cedar split rail fence around the alpaca enclosure before killing Caesar, according to the zoo’s executive director, Pat Lampi. Another alpaca -- Fuzzy Charlie -- was found unhurt though wide-eyed and skittish.
Pear shaped cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are likely the result of a genetic mutation.
Invasive pigeons have made their way out of Alaska's large cities to fish camps on the west side of Cook Inlet.
I have never seen fireweed like this. It is not growing with the normal straight stalk. Is it fireweed? My yard is full of them.
This is the first time I recall seeing Fireweed that has a form like this.
A haze visible through Southcentral Alaska on Wednesday was caused by smoke from fires burning in Siberia that began flowing into Alaska in early July.
We are seeing these little flies every outdoors. I don’t recall them like this in the past.
I have not seen this before at Cheney Lake.
Smoke from wildfires in Siberia drifted to Alaska last year as well, according to the National Weather Service, but Alaska already had hazy skies from local wildfires.
Between the Seward Highway and Hillside neighborhoods, a pair of swans are raising five just-hatched cygnets. This is the first pair of swans to nest at Potter Marsh in the memory of Anchorage Coastal Refuge managers and local birders.
After the thunderstorms that moved through Southcentral Sunday evening, Anchorage broke a new record…the most consecutive days with a thunderstorm: three.
A lot of people are complaining about the wasps this year. They are actually very beneficial insects in some ways. These are very beneficial insects. They gather other insects to feed their larvae and thus control aphid populations, take out delphinium defoliators and other leaf rollers.
Elevated pollen levels in Anchorage and across Alaska raise questions about changes in respiratory health and the importance of having good air quality during the coronavirus pandemic.
Non-native chukar, used to train bird hunting dogs, spotted in Anchorage.
We went from relatively cold days and nights in late March, to warm days and warm nights in April. This means no overnight freezing of snow, and no crust conditions for skiers...yet.
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