Kamchatka’s First People worship this volcano as the place where Earth was made. In a sense, they’re right. Klyuchevskoy probably does tap into a global
Homotherium: Saberteeth
Meet Homotherium (in 3D, possible Arctic coat), a/k/a the other sabertoothed cat. A 19th-century taxonomist gave this fossil feline its name — homo, “same,” and
Writing Update
Hey, I found a treasure trove of information about the two ice-age sabercats that are coming up next! It’s going to take a while to
Bezymianny, the “Nameless” Volcano
Here is another view of “Nameless,” the volcano we met last week. Pretty, no? Yet this is a very complicated part of Kamchatka. Perhaps the
Sabertoothed Cats: The Miocene Bridge
Combine a lion and a bear and give the resulting animal a set of these choppers. Congratulations! You have just glimpsed Barbourofelis frickii, the biggest
Nameless
That’s what Bezymianny’s name means in Russian. This Kamchatkan volcano is one of the few volcanoes that have collapsed in modern times. In fact, some
