A pack of stray blue dogs, likely covered in chemical waste, was spotted on the road near the Russian town of Dzerzhinsk. The dogs may have been exposed to chemicals at a nearby abandoned factory that produced plexiglass and hydrocyanic acid, giving their fur the eye-catching blue color.

The average temperature for September, October and November was 3.2 degrees C, which is 4.4 C above normal.

Reindeer herders in Russia's Arctic have discovered what scientists say is the first-ever cave bear carcass with soft tissues intact in the region's rapidly thawing permafrost.

The Amur River, once full of salmon, has seen the fish all but vanish since 2017. The problem started because of over fishing. At first companies were harvesting in the first 100 kilometers of the river, and since they have expanded 700, 800 kilometers upstream.

Scientists worry for the pup's survival. Due to the pup’s albinism, it not only has bad eyesight, but could also be ostracized by the colony due to its unique characteristics.

Lazurnoye Lake’s disappearance has baffled local residents who normally flock to the lake for a summer swim.

Gallery | The forest fires have covered an area larger than Greece and are emitting black smog that harms nearby populations.

If you meet one don't look it in the eye.

Most of the blazes are in a region that saw possibly the hottest-ever temperature above the Arctic Circle this month.

Lab tests confirmed that two individuals had contracted the illness after eating marmot meat.

Early summer in Moscow brings an onslaught of allergy-inducing, Instagram-ready fluff from poplar seeds.

With the coronavirus pandemic leaving Russia's cities quiet and deserted, its wild animals have decided to check things out.

President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency last Wednesday, several days after 21,000 metric tons of diesel leaked from a collapsed fuel tank outside the city of Norilsk.The pollution now risks running north into the Arctic Ocean.

A sharp decline in chestnut trees caused by a parasitic fungus in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is threatening the area's honey production, according to local beekeepers and scientists.

Summer seems like it was just yesterday.

Gallery | The fires, which were swept in from Mongolia by high winds, have caused almost $9.4 million in damage.

Residents of the coastal Chumikan village reported two adult whales and one baby on Wednesday afternoon, on a shore of the Uda River that flows into the sea. Alexei Paramonov spent hours protecting the pod from wild animals and poachers and saved the baby whale from hypothermia. 

Heavy rains flooded the roads around Moscow's largest airport on Friday, with the floods reaching knee-high depths and blocking cars from bringing passengers to and from its terminals.

Russia's Aerial Forest Protection Service is trying to suppress 136 fires over 43,000 hectares. Firefighters are using explosives to contain the fires and seeding clouds with silver iodide to encourage rain.

While the airborne ants may be a nuisance, Moscow City Hall’s environmental protection department said they are not dangerous.