Stuck in ice, two trucks of a local silver mining company got trapped more than a month ago. Drivers have to live nearby as they keep trying to remove their vehicles.
Khalaktyrsky Beach near Petropavlovsk is littered with hundreds of dead sea animals, from deep-sea Giant Pacific octopuses, to seals, sea urchins, stars, crabs and fish. Surfers were the first to raise alarm after problems with eyesight, fevers and throat aches.
Changes in traditional diet and lifestyle of native ethnic groups in the Yamalo-Nenets region have brought the first cases of obesity. Change in wildlife routes and climate are among factors causing diets to change.
This time weather experts think the blackout was caused by smoke from wildfires mixing with heavy rain clouds.
Federal officials have shut down salmon and recreational fishing for the summer in key feeding grounds for killer whales. The closures, which took effect Friday, apply to parts of the southern . . .
This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.The spike of cannibalism in brown bears is currently linked to the lower number of sockeye salmon getting to the lake from the Sea of Okhotsk.
Lame, exhausted and confused, the young male polar bear is far from his natural habitat to the north.
Scientists confirm loss of ‘Pearl’ island, while schoolchildren using satellite maps identify one of the new icy Russian isles.
The stormy wind at 30 metres per second rose in Chita in the afternoon on Wednesday 13 May.
Usually one of the most full flowing in Russia, the river tends to drop the level twice a year - but not by a catastrophic 2-2.5 meters as this year.
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.
Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.
Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.
Researchers in Kurils Nature Reserve confirm no less than 10% of the bear population has a distinctive silver coat.
Wildfires ablaze early in year due to lack of snow, posing threat to railway in Russian Far East.
Overnight ice rain and north winds turned Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific capital, and most of the Primorye region into a frozen land with hundreds of power lines cut by wet snow. The storm left 120,000 people without electricity and many without heating and water.
A powerful and sudden storm left the city almost totally without electricity and with water supply shortages.
The potentially fatal death cap mushrooms that killed a three-year-old boy last year are popping up early in Uplands. The mushroom, known by the scientific name Amanita phalloides, was discovered.
A 200 metres wide thermocirque is discovered only weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.
Facilities for producing weapons grade plutonium believed safe despite fierce flames caused by wildfires.
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