High levels of ‘fire ice’ trapped in permafrost may turn Russia into a global leader of new gas sources.

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

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

Thanks to Novosibirsk scientists we can see how she looked in real life, the vivid colours she wore and her stylish headdress. And her beauty secrets!

'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.

A row, a moment of madness, and Maria Lebedeva was changed forever, her brain damaged and looks gone. Now she needs help.

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

Experts undertake pioneering tests on skulls to finally understand how doctors carried out remarkable operations more than 2,300 years ago.