Young tigress died from 'prolonged hypothermia and exhaustion' after fears mother was shot by poachers.

Odd couple are 'inseparable' as safari park keepers resist calls to split Timur the goat from Amur the tiger.

Boy, 11, jumped from 4th floor window engulfed by inferno; girl, 12, phoned aunt to say ‘Please tell Mum I love her'.

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

In distant times, parts of California and Hawaii were administered from the city of Irkutsk.

Lubov means Love in English and this remarkable babushka has done everything for her unusual 'grandchildren'.

Compass failure: aiming for the Caspian Sea, the elegant birds arrive instead on the Tom River in Kemerovo region, and in the Altai Mountains.

Foreign visitors transiting on Russian airlines will be able to stay for 72 hours without documents as part of move to help boost tourism and economy.

'Sensational' find of two cubs, the best preserved ever seen in the world, announced today.

Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter.