SOUTH KAMCHATKA SANCTUARY, Russia (CNN) -- Brown bears have gorged on thick schools of plump sockeye salmon in a remote, pristine wilderness in Russia for ages. But poachers looking for ...

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Russian models Maria Sidorova and Lidia Fetisova pose with a 1,400 pound bear named Stephen as part of an awareness campaign. Stephen was near dead after an attack from hunters when his current ...

TASS/. Almost 30 polar bears have come within a touching distance to the village of Ryrkaypiy in Chukotka. The animals have been peaceful so far, the WWF Russia told TASS. "The small village of ...

The current polar bear population stands at 20,000-25,000 and some 5,000-7,000 inhabit the Russian Arctic. The Soviet Union banned polar bear hunting back in 1956. "The entire law enforcement ...