Jessica Long is pleading with the Russian authorities to reverse the new ban on children being adopted to America, which came into force on January 1.
A picture of Anastasia Gruzdeva, 25, in deep winter with frosty eyelashes went viral: now she shows her summer look, covered in mosquitoes.
Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.
Virologist Dr Vladimir Blinov fears comeback of flu strain which cost two million lives in 1957.
Police refuse to investigate online auction in which 18 year old described her condition as 'new - not used'.
Shilka became a global star last year in her pen in Novosibirsk but now she is set to be big in Japan after bid to keep her in Russia fails.
US Paralympic star on emotional journey back to her roots to meet the parents who gave her up for adoption.