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Is the capelin back to Ice...

16.09.2020

The Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Instititute (MFRI) recently send its Research Vessel Árni Friðriksson out...

A carcass of a well preser...

14.09.2020

A well preserved carcass of an extinct cave bear species (Ursus spelaeus) was recently found on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky islan...

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