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'Siberia is a home to the cultures of indigenes, including people whose ancestors migrated to the Americas'

A.J. Haywood

Brown bear filmed crossing 3km wide Avacha Bay in the Pacific Ocean

The unusual swimmer stunned fishermen who said they never saw bears venturing so far out to sea.

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

Boy, 11 wins fight against school ban on tying hair like Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Miracle rescue of a North Korean man who floated in the sea on two pieces of foam plastic

World’s first floating nuclear reactor arrives in Pevek after 4,700 km voyage on Northern Sea Route

State of emergency in Yakutsk as Russia’s permafrost river dries to a record low

Scientists in fierce stand against bone hunters at mammoth graveyard

Did Denisovans usher in the Stone Age in Mongolia?

More than two million hectares on fire in Siberia, with turndra on fire destroying the permafrost

The abandoned chemicals plant that could trigger ‘an environmental disaster akin to Chernobyl’

Major Siberian cities choking from strong wildfires

Researchers discover ancient ‘weapon-making site’ - beside the skeleton of ‘hunted’ woolly mammoth

No Go for Go-Go Bars as Thailand aims for quality and family tourism

Yoga at -41C on the famous Baikal-Amur Mainline railway

Fan killed in fight between rival football club fans in Novosibirsk

Russia in ‘remarkable recovery story’ as number of visitors to Phuket soar

Record pink rough diamond found by Alrosa subsidiary in Siberia

Russia offers a bridge across history to connect Tokyo to the Trans-Siberian railway

Burning angel gets second degree burns to win $350 prize at snow festival

Don't mess with Siberia's strongest woman as she deals with crazy driver

'The next stop on the Trans-Siberian railway... was designed in London'

Dali and Picasso get warm welcome in Mongolia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with annual swimsuit skiing day

New Miss Russia, 18, 'never posed as a beauty' when she grew up

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2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Timber from potentate’s log cabin was superbly persevered in permafrost, allowing us to see how ancient man lived.

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Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

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Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

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Revealed: the sophisticated techniques of ancient artists who created these fantastical images

Scientists unlock intriguing 5,000-year-old secrets of prehistoric illustrators behind Karakol stunning artwork.

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Ryzhik the Siberian cat who refuses to be defeated by frostbite

The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.

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The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists

5,000 years old graves reveal shamans in bird beak ‘collar’ and bronze ‘spectacles’.

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