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'Baikal…I have never seen water that clear in my life'
Ian Frazier, 2013

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?

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

First video of ancient ‘bear-like’ wolf preserved in the permafrost for more than 40,000 years

Still snarling after 40,000 years, a giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia

Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle, say scientists

Scientists dissect 42,000 year old extinct male foal preserved in permafrost for cloning bid - video

Unique in palaeontology: Liquid blood found inside a prehistoric 42,000 year old foal

Scientists ‘confident’ that they can extract cells to clone 42,000 year old extinct foal

Siberian scientists find bacteria that could live on Mars

Homo sapiens or Denisovans? Who made stunning cave jewellery and artefacts up to 48,000 years ago?

Ancient coloured ‘pencil’ up to 50,000 years old found in Siberia

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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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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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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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