Walrus Freya became a media star unasked. But in the end, the authorities had to euthanize the animal because people had gotten too close to it and considered human safety more important. Video: Euro News Walruses belong in the Arctic like polar bears. The mighty...
Icelandic broadcaster RÚV shows live the new eruption at Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula. Video: Visit Iceland When a volcano erupts near a populated region, it doesn’t just attract media and scientists to the area. Thousands of onlookers and tourists...
Friederike Krüger is a teacher in Hannover and was one of only two teachers who could participate in the first leg of the MOSAiC expedition on board the “Akademik Fedorov”. Image: Mario Hoppmann “That’s quite complicated,” is a response I...
A virtual solution to temporary problems (Graphic: University of York) With a median age of less than 27, Nunavut is far and away the youngest of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories. Of its 37,000 residents, more than a third are under 18. As in any...
About 17 kilometers off the coast of Andoya is the deep-sea trench Bleik Canyon, where sperm whales particularly like to stay to hunt. Picture: Stefan Leimer Well into the 20th century, sperm whales were still coveted prey for whalers because of their spermaceti and...