Paws were attached to underside of carriage in Zabaikalsk region.

Cruel joke can turn deadly for predator now too visible to both prey and poachers.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Black bear pounced on Stas Nagornov as he returned home from the shop in the centre of Amgu village.

Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.

A Russian photographer captures unique moments of bear cubs being taught to fish ahead of long winter.

At this rate, the species could be extinct in 6 years, according to latest shocking figures - but are the predators really in such jeopardy?

Russian Himalayan bear does his version of Baloo in The Jungle Book.

Shocking remains of nine beheaded brown bears slain and mutilated by poachers have been found by mushroom pickers in the Republic of Buryatia.