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.

This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.

Mass death of hydrobionts and fish at the Sea of Okhotsk, west of Kamchatka as battle of the toxic tide versions continues.

The prized bird destined to work for a rich man in the United Arab Emirates released back to wild.