I am now, for the first time in my life, living in a sanctioned country.

Now standing almost two metres tall, zoo’s new arrival is beginning to win her battle for survival.

Two young birds saved after taking a seriously wrong turn during migration.

Medically impossible? No - this was a true injury, and here are the X-rays, say medics.

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

It's official - Siberia is to stop being one of the only places on earth where you cannot buy a McDonald's hamburger.

Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.

Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised. 

Low temperatures are a time for fun in -50C and below - riding bikes, ice swimming or eating frozen noodles.