Instagrammers still find a way - driving over fields of grass, wild cannabis and nettles to reach turquoise waters despite ‘dangers to health’.

Found in Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, it promises a scientific breakthrough, say experts.

Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?

Is increased tourism, or a normal natural cycle, to blame for the rapid growth of spirogyra to 50% of the coastline?

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires. 

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.

Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

Greenpeace concern as firefighters say they cannot extinguish 3 year blaze with smoke visible from space.