Elephants Magda and Jenny are poised to return to the circus ring after being saved from the intense Siberian cold - by vodka.

A new study of some of the world's most remote islands show there are dramatic climate changes since detailed research by Soviet scientists 55 years ago.

Top secret Stalin-era aircraft went down with 2 million roubles on board.

Holiday season brings flock of people to see the unusual friendship between the big cat and his lunch.

This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.

The swollen Amur River reached a depth of 910 cm near Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Sunday, with fears it could hit 940cm. 

The badly battered body of Nastya Lutsishina was found on Saturday ending hopes she could be found alive.

Roe deer somehow wandered onto a frozen lake but couldn't get off again.

Odd couple are 'inseparable' as safari park keepers resist calls to split Timur the goat from Amur the tiger.

Twin sisters Violetta and Evelina Yachmenev left hospital in Barnaul just before they turned two months old.