Nature

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Barents sea, a baby humpback whale named Stanislav was rescued after being entangled in fishing nets. This was the first time such a rescue operation was carried out in the Murmansk region. A whale wrapped in nets was spotted by tourists in the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A humpback whale became entangled in a net in the Teriberka area. A Red Book listed marine mammal was found by tourists. “The whale is alive, moving, but because of the net the animal cannot open its mouth wide”, said Svetlana Radionova, the Rosprirodnadzor federal ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. To preserve the ecosystem and biodiversity, NSC annually releases juveniles of various fish species, such as sturgeon, nelma and grayling. Near the village of Atamanovo, Suhobuzimsky district, Krasnoyarsk region, NSC employees released 21 744 Siberian sturgeon fry into the Yenisey. “The Siberian sturgeon’s Yenisey population ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Tungussky nature reserve in the north of the Krasnoyarsk region, the woolly rhinoceros’s skull bone fragments were found - these animals became extinct 8-14 thousand years ago. Tomsk State University scientist Andrey Shpansky, after studying the find, reported that the bone fragments ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This week it has become significantly warmer in Norilsk. The air temperature has risen to above zero, and today in the city it’s +5. After the heavy snowfall of the past weekend, under the rays of the sun, the remaining snow cover began to melt ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU), together with colleagues from the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) and the Scientific Center for Research on the Extreme State of the Body of the Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, have developed a method, unique for Russia, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Earth is experiencing one of the strongest magnetic storms in the last decade. Over three weeks, the planet was hit by 21 flares, 12 of which were of the highest X-ray class. At the same time, four clouds of hot plasma are heading ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The first birthday of the female musk ox Alana was celebrated at Royev Rouchey. She was rescued a year ago in Taimyr. After the calf was delivered to the Krasnoyarsk zoo, the staff fed Alana with special milk for ungulates - in certain proportions and ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the Institute of Ecology and Geography of Siberian Federal University and the United Directorate of Taimyr Nature Reserves will conduct a large-scale study of the musk ox population in the north of the Krasnoyarsk region. As Siberian Federal University professor and scientific director ...