Professor Bohumír Janský, guest of Czechast, is the Czech geographer who led the expeditions that uncovered the true ...

Eastern Russia is massive - bigger than most countries - yet almost nobody lives there. And while freezing temperatures are part of the story, the real reasons go much deeper. In this video, we’ll ...

Single-cell bacteria, in shallow marine waters, altered the composition of liquid and air – as the planet heaved around them. Their fossils still stand, not far from you.

Igor Pavensky, head of the Rusagrotrans analytical center, added that grain exports by rail in July-November approached a record high of 10.3 million tons ...

In areas under siege, the growing of fruits and vegetables and the keeping of livestock have always provided a lifeline for desperate urban populations. Lessons from siege warfare in modern times ...

Ancient hunters killed woolly mammoths for their meat. Today in Russia’s Arctic the search is on for their valuable tusks. 15 min read This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National Geographic ...