On June 19, 2015, a slow-moving low-pressure system with spectacular thunderstorms that produced little rain began making its way through Alaska. By the time the storms finally petered out about a week later, 61,000 bolts of lightning had been unleashed on a boreal forest in the state. No one had ever seen anything quite like it, not even in 2004, when 8,500 lightning strikes were recorded in a single day.

To varying degrees, nearly the entire state was warmer than normal this July, according to a weather expert.

Bugs of various shapes and sizes are part of life in Alaska, and it can be easy for them to escape notice.

They're a parasite many people don't think live in Alaska, but Fish and Game says ticks are here and their numbers are on the rise.

Researchers are finding ticks in Alaska that haven't historically been here. Some hitchhiked from the Lower 48—but others seem to have settled in.

With a sickening thud, another hefty and handsome salmon lands in the waste barrel, headed for the dogs .

“Right now the people who have dogs in their yards are very concerned. This is happening at night when it’s dark, so everybody is on edge.” - Tanana First Chief