Orcas. Image via Unsplash. The remote eastern coastline of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula harbors one of the least-studied but most genetically distinct orca populations in the world. Located in the ...

Although Bering’s second Kamchatka expedition brought disaster for him personally when adverse weather on the return journey led to a shipwreck on one of the westernmost Aleutian Islands and his ...

By Robert F. Tobler In the vast wilderness of Russia, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) reigns supreme as the largest terrestrial predator. These powerful creatures are known for their stocky build, ...

The personnel of Kamchatka archaeological group of the Institute of Archaeology RAS have studied the traces of the fortified settlements in the valley of the river Kamchatka and Lake Azabache aroused ...

Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867.

Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867.

Jeffrey A. Beamish, 74, of Saranac Lake, passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at Albany Medical Center, surrounded by his immediate family. His passing was the result of complications from a ...

A look at the remote reaches of Asia’s frozen north, where creatures must overcome unique challenges, finding exceptional ways to thrive in a hostile world that pushes life to its very limits ...

Footage shows the excavator digging around the whale, reportedly a young female, before rescuers fit her with a harness on the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka Peninsula, on November 14.

On Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula brown bears prepare for hibernation by hunting salmon in a crater lake formed by ancient eruptions.

On Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula brown bears prepare for hibernation by hunting salmon in a crater lake formed by ancient eruptions.

Native to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, they can weigh up to 1,200 pounds and are one of the biggest brown bears.