Startling new evidence of thawing of glacial ice in less than six decades, with process speeding in last ten years.

Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.

Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.

The senior politician called for a change of identity for the vast eastern third of Russia, as the country angles itself towards Asia.

Giant gem goes on show as Siberian diamond company Alrosa issues a 16% stock float.

Call to protect unique site with thousands of ideally preserved bones of prehistoric animals.

The Siberian producer - owned mainly by the Russian state and the Sakha government - hopes to shine on the international market.

Samples taken from extinct animal’s leg during international workshop in the hope of one day bringing the hairy creature back from the dead.

Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.