Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.

'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.

Brave Timur moved into the Siberian tiger's cage, and took over his bed. 

The Russian president escapes on away-from-it-all break miles from anywhere.

Hunter tells how he shot rare Siberian tiger as it attacked him, then fought the predator for 10 minutes. 

The helicopter carrying 17 people lurched on its side on takeoff, with 5 described as being in a 'grave' condition.

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Odd couple are separated amid concerns big cat Amur is becoming aggressive.

Actor is being awarded the Siberian Oscar (if he arrives to collect it) - but is also now wanted as a tourism guru after 'blunder' on Urals pollution.