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'Krasnoyarsk… is the best and most beautiful of all Siberian cities, with its smoked-coloured and dreamy mountains'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Did extinct woolly mammoths have ‘heaters’ to melt snow in their trunks?

Is this an ancient natural pyre, where underground fires have raged for thousands of years?

'We dug up a medieval Mongolian noblewoman in our compost pit'

'Truly amazing' scientific discovery on adaptation of Yakutian horses to cold

Beastly bacteria on extinct ancient carcasses offers 'cure' for modern oil pollution

Leaking pingos 'can explode under the sea in the Arctic, as well as on land'

The extinct woolly mammoth was 'as smart as African elephant', says pioneering new brain analysis

How great is the threat of an explosion of smallpox from the thawing permafrost in Siberia?

2,500-year-old female Siberian warrior is beheaded by excavator 

Haunting new find of death masks from ancient Siberian warrior race

Tower of Siberia: can this 302 metre skyscraper save our planet?

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Amazingly preserved puppy with whiskers, eyelashes, hair and velvety nose intact puzzle scientists

DNA tests on the 18,000-year-old Siberian canine cannot define if it's a wolf or a dog.

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Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave

Aged approximately 45,000 years, this might be the world’s oldest animal statuette.

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20,000-year-old mammoth murder established: but was it committed by first American migrants?

Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

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New species of a giant flying squirrel discovered in the Far East of Russia

With membrane span of up to 1.5 metres the extinct animal could glide further than 50 metres.

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Female eagle clocks up huge cell phone roaming charges after flying to Iran

Top-up needed after scientists tracking feathered predators receive huge mobile SMS bills from ‘hundreds of messages’.

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Stunning pictures of the world’s only uniquely preserved cave lion cubs as new secrets revealed

‘Male siblings born 44,000 years ago' found ten metres apart in Yakutia but the truth is rather different - amid hopes to bring species back to life.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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