Society’s president Sergei Shoigu - Russian defence minister - even hinted at possibility of cloning during annual meeting.
Russia reveals 'unique diamonds' created by gases and lightning from volcanic eruption
Deal with China for Altai gas pipeline is 'imminent'
Is 'Power of Siberia' pipeline to be postponed?
World Cup causes dip in tourist numbers to Thailand
Siberian teenager wins silver in shooting thanks to hunting lessons from age of 6
Major new ice hockey stadium to be built in Novosibirsk
Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world'
Siberian scientists develop laser scanner to detect minuscule traces of explosives
Burial site of Siberian Robin Hood unearthed in Altai Republic
Ekaterinburg Opera Theatre to open Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance & Music
DiCaprio wins Siberian Oscar
World famous ballet star Sergei Polunin returns to Siberia
World's largest sawdust dump is on fire 'and will burn for years'
Invasion of Siberia... by hordes of stink bugs
'Wildlife specialists' torture and kill buzzard in shock video
Thailand wants more tourists from Siberia
Blood donor movement in Novosibirsk is the best in Russia
Summer fun in Siberia
Rent-a-cat to take away your stress
Traces found of bear thought to have died out decades ago
We ate our friend who died of cold after we got lost in taiga, admits fisherman
Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.
Soul-stirring images of eruption on the Klyuchevskaya Sopka caught by extreme travellers at altitude of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft).
Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.
Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.
Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.