New DNA findings alter the sex of one of most famous recent Siberian archeological finds of human remains.

Elders in Altai Mountains vote to reinter mummy of ancient woman 'to stop her anger which causes floods and earthquakes'.

And take part in scientific experiment to PROVE that the leaking of harmful greenhouse gases in the Arctic can be slowed.

Worried about the rapid destruction of permafrost from global warming? Here's how you can counter it by restoring the woolly mammoth habitat.

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.

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

Court rules there is no case to answer for 73-year-old who helped cancer sufferer.

Sunduki is called the Siberian Stonehenge, yet its site is older than the British standing stones, and arguably 'more mysterious'.

A powerful backlash has hit new laws due to be speeded through parliament on 'modernising' the country's science.

Unique physiology of people in Altai mountain region means only they can perform the melodies that date back centuries.