Locals in Norilsk dive head first into the 4-metre deep fluffy snow as if it were a swimming pool.

Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.

The world famous traveller made call ahead of his latest epic adventure by dog sled to Greeland via the North Pole.

Overseas visitors to Novosibirsk Zoo will be able to learn about attractions and use GPS technology to explore using their phones.

Earth is moving as 'leaking methane gas due to global warming causes surface to bubble' in a new phenomenon.

Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.

Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species.