Do Bears Scorch Paws in the Valley of Geysers?

The Valley of Geysers and volcano Uzon caldera located in Kronotsky nature reserve in Kamchatka is a “favourite” place of many Russians to sacrifice their extremities touching the thermal springs with their fingers and wearing sandals despite all the instructions they get. They tread upon the green grass under which is the hot and chemically [...]

Kamchatka Bears

The Kamchatka Brown Bear , also known as the Far Eastern Brown Bear, is a subspecies  of brown bear, native to the Anadyrsky District, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Karaginskiy Island, the Kuril Islands, the coastal strip west of the Sea of Okhotsk southward to the Stanovoy Range and the Shantar Islands. Outside the former Soviet Union, [...]