Ideas are clearly needed for more effective ways of countering the annual wildfire scourge, as the trend remains towards drier and hotter summers.

A study suggests cannabis, magic mushrooms and ecstatic dancing was used as ancient anaesthetic.

In beach resort of Listvyanka alone, 98 contaminated streams are disgorging sewage and chemical waste into the pristine waters of the world's oldest lake.

Scholars from 20 countries to converge on Siberian Psittacosaurus necropolis to understand if deep past has lessons for future.

Intriguing finds from archeological excavations in old garrison town of Tara, a key historic staging post to the east.

Massive Siberian source of diamonds formed by an asteroid 35 million years ago can 'overturn entire world gem market'.

Eminent Siberian archeologist Professor Mikhail Shunkov challenges Western claims casting doubt on this being the work of ancient Denisovans.

Soul-stirring images of eruption on the Klyuchevskaya Sopka caught by extreme travellers at altitude of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft).

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!