Saimaa, Finland's largest lake, brims with traditional wellness experiences. Ask a local in Finland where they take summer vacation, and chances are good they’ll mention Lake Saimaa. The forests ...

Finland is known for many things — its sauna culture, Lapland, and the northern lights. But one claim to its record-setting fame is the nation has the world's longest lake coastline. Tucked in ...

Which regions in Europe are still true hidden gems? And which area is particularly suitable for a vacation? In Finland, there’s a spot that few have on their radar–so far. We show why a trip to the ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionarily more differentiated than previously known. In fact, the study suggests ...

A recent study reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionally much more differentiated than previously known. Indeed, researchers suggest that instead of a subspecies, it should be considered ...

Saimaa ringed seal mothers and their newborns have huddled in pupping lairs along the shores of this inland archipelago in southeastern Finland since time immemorial. Expectant females shape their ...

If discovered as fossils, grey and ringed seals are so different that they could be classified as belonging to different families. Yet, a seal pup born in 1929 was found to be an almost perfect ...

The freshwater Saimaa ringed seal is one of the most endangered seal species in the world. Found only in Lake Saimaa in eastern Finland, the entire population is currently estimated at around 380 ...

Nesting for the endangered Saimaa ringed seal is under threat from rising waters and a lack of ice and snow. It is feared that the combination may again lead to a high death rate for newborn pups.

A Saimaa seal pup has been found dead in a fishing net, one day after the annual springtime ban on fishing with nets on Lake Saimaa was lifted. The Saimaa ringed seal, native to the Lake Saimaa region ...