With partial shells, this intriguing new fossil find in modern-day Yakutia shows this northern polar region in Cretaceous times was not….cold.

A gnawed to bones killer whale found by a nature reserve ranger.

Its hardy residents tease about their ‘white spring’ as they pose in snow in mid-May.

Dramatic video shows the bird staying put in clouds of caustic smoke.

Hunters’ fury as a wild beast makes off with a box filled with their picnic.

Cries to urgently call state of emergency in Irkutsk region as it chokes in smoke.