Shiveluch, one of the most active volcanoes in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, erupted on Thursday evening, spewing clouds of ash as high as 15 kilometres (12 miles) into the sky and covering broad ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...

A dead octopus - among many dead sea creatures washed ashore in Kamchatka Many dead sea creatures have washed up on beaches in Kamchatka, in Russia's far east, in what is being treated as a major ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is a land of superlatives. It is one of the most volcanologically active regions on Earth. It has the world's densest population of brown bears. Next to Yellowstone ...

Greenpeace Russia has sent its own teams to investigate the incident The mass death of sea creatures off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's far east was most likely caused by toxic algae and not ...

Shiveluch, one of the most active volcanoes in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, erupted on Thursday evening, spewing clouds of ash as high as 15 kilometres (12 miles) into the sky and covering broad ...