Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

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

Petroglyphs some 7,000 years older than earlier thought with ancients artists using same style in Siberia and Mongolia.

Dmitry Loshagin held for year and a half after remains of naked wife Yulia, 28, found in woods.

New scientific discovery of a 'novel type of luciferin' making the Siberian Luminous Earthworm glow in the dark.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

Documentary team captures amazing pictures of daily lives of animals, including a touching case of motherly love.