For nearly 100 years, “attempting to overthrow the state system” has remained a popular method for Russian security forces to justify the repression of citizens undesirable to the authorities.

Thousands of swans have arrived at an internationally recognized wetland on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

Many animal species become smaller or larger in recent decades, with climate change often mentioned as a cause. Red knots, shorebirds travelling ten thousand kilometers every year between breeding ...

Each year, the home sinks six inches. When the marshy land engulfed the original flooring from her childhood home, Chase laid ...

“By 3 a.m. they heard that the Winter Palace had fallen, and that the government had been arrested.” Barely six months after his return to Russia, Lenin was the absolute ruler of his countr ...

We flew over mountainous tundra, then a carpet of forest laced with silver rivers. It would take us nine hours to fly across Siberia—terrain the Cossacks had annexed to Russia over the course of ...

Increasing wildfires globally release massive carbon emissions, impacting natural carbon sinks and contributing to global warming.

Having abandoned the island in 1992, the human population of this extremely remote island was soon replaced by a pack of ...

It considered a bid for ownership in 1867, following the acquisition of Alaska from Russia. In 1910 ... night for almost three months. In winter, the capital Nuuk in the south sees average ...

The coming weeks will tell the tale of the winter of 2024-25 ... of the U.S. and Canada to Scandinavia and Russia. Snowy owls nest on the Arctic tundra, often on a slight rise where wind keeps ...

From Cunard to Viking, Aurora Expeditions to Ponant, these cruises to Norway, Iceland, and Greenland will help you locate the nighttime Northern Lights show in style and comfort.