The Wild Taiga region in Kainuu, in Finland's northeastern region, appeals to wildlife enthusiasts and nature photographers. The evergreen taiga forests are home to the European elk, the largest ...

The fabulous Siberian taiga – the glittering snow piled high in banks, the pure air, the smell of silver fir under the stars – is not a myth. Although one of the biggest wooded areas known to man is ...

The Russians call it taiga. The English call it boreal forest. It is one and the same wherever it appears, which is in a ring around the northern hemisphere. The species might be different, but the ...

If it weren’t already clear that the seasonal duties of the natives in Siberia — as we watch them go about their customs — were life and death issues, surely the heavy voice of the inimitable Werner ...

A recent genetic study reveals surprising evolutionary history and serious conservation concerns of the Siberian flying squirrel. The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is a nocturnal and ...

A frozen waterfall is seen in the Taiga region at temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit) near the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk January 13, 2008. [Agencies] ...

The Siberian flying squirrel is considered an umbrella and indicator species. This means that protecting it could also benefit a host of other forest-dependent wildlife. The Siberian flying squirrel ...