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Musk ox Alana has grown up

Musk ox Alana has grown up

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The baby, found near her dead mother, was brought from Hatanga to the Krasnoyarsk flora and fauna park Royev Rouchey last spring. Today she already looks like an adult musk ox. At the end of April, the female musk ox rescued from death, named Alana, ...

Bear Patrol project operates in Russia

Bear Patrol project operates in Russia

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On Polar Bear Day, February 27, the Rosprirodnadzor head Svetlana Radionova announced the Bear Patrol project launch. “Today the Bear Patrol has started. It will cover five Arctic regions: the Arhangelsk region, the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district, the Krasnoyarsk region, the Republic of Saha (Yakutia) and ...

El Niño loses its strength and gives place to La Niña

El Niño loses its strength and gives place to La Niña

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The El Niño phenomenon, which could have caused the hottest summer on the planet in history, ends in April, temperatures will drop, and a cold phase of ocean currents is likely to set in in the second half of the year, said Roman Vilfand, ...

Polar bears lose weight during ice-free periods

Polar bears lose weight during ice-free periods

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Polar bears lose weight during the summer, when the ice melts and predators are forced to move to land. Researchers observed the Arctic hosts behavior off the western coast of Hudson bay - 20 animals lived there: 13 adults and 7 young ones. On land, ...

800 kilometers of coastline to be cleared of garbage this year

800 kilometers of coastline to be cleared of garbage this year

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 2024, the Krasnoyarsk region plans to clear more than 800 kilometers of coastlines from garbage - the region’s Ministry of Ecology announced the start of accepting applications for participation in the municipal campaigns. The agency plans to attract more than eight thousand people. “The ...

Taimyr Nature Reserves dedicated 2024 to bighorn sheep

Taimyr Nature Reserves dedicated 2024 to bighorn sheep

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Employees of the environmental institution Taimyr Nature Reserves reported that 2024 will pass under the auspices of the Putorana bighorn sheep. Every year the organization selects a hero of the year from among northern animals in need of protection. This year it is the ...

Taimyr wild deer population is on verge of extinction

Taimyr wild deer population is on verge of extinction

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Arctic ecologists and specialists from the Research Institute of Agriculture, a branch of the Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS, have published a study that shows that the Taimyr wild reindeer population will reach a critical level in the next one to two years and ...

Norilsk people choose name for previously unknown weevil

Norilsk people choose name for previously unknown weevil

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During an expedition to study biodiversity, specialists from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a previously unknown weevil in the Big Norilsk area. The new species is now awaiting a name. According to the RAS’s scientists decision, the inhabitants of the ...

Norilsk residents learn to feed birds correctly

Norilsk residents learn to feed birds correctly

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On Bird Feeding Day, February 3, the Norilsk Museum invites citizens to support the birds wintering in the park. The museum’s research staff, who are also amateur ornithologists, will talk about Taimyr flying birds and conduct a master class on supporting birds. Museum workers will ...