Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

Cases of mother bears successfully raising 'twins' in captivity are extremely rare.

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.