Category: Nature

• An Avalanche of Misfortune

  The bear, awake now and surly from hunger and the December snows, sniffed its way to a deer carcass and began feeding.

• Heeding the Sign (Part Two)

  If unexpectedly charged by a tiger or bear it would be unfortunate if my last act on Earth was the frenzied unscrewing of a flare cap.

• Enclave of Biodiversity

  Thirty percent of all endangered species in Russia are concentrated in only one percent of the country’s vast territory.