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'Larger than Belgium and a mile deep, lake Baikal holds a fifth of the earth's fresh water'
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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.

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

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

Remains of extinct 'zebra-like horse' found at Denisova cave, home of ancient man

Record concentration of woolly mammoth bones in Russia is found in Novosibirsk region

Leading young Russian scientist takes charge at Vector virology and biotechnology complex

Dinosaur 'kindergarten' found washed up on banks of ancient river, scientists believe

Neolithic chic: body piercing fashion from the Arctic around 5,000 years ago

1,000 year old Persian cup unearthed in remote region of Arctic Russia

World's oldest needle found in Siberian cave that stitches together human history

Newly-discovered Siberian dinosaur was as heavy as 7 male African elephants

Holding hands for 5,000 years, a couple with mysterious jade rings and dagger

New method of fighting cancer developed by Siberian scientists

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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.

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

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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

Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants

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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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Race against time and waves as Russian archaeologists rescue Siberia’s remarkable Atlantis

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

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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.

Voice of Siberia

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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