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The moon over Baikal glittered in different way, like you are looking at sable fur

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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.

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

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

Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proof of a 2,000 kilometre polar trade route in volcanic glass dating back at least 8,000 years

The Shigir Idol, depicting the ‘ancient spirit world’, originally stood tall beside a paleo-lake

Peek inside the Siberian cave where inter-species love child ‘Denny’ lived 90,000 years ago

5,000 year old battle between mountain sheep comes back to life in new rock art discovery

Meet a lifelike 1700 year old Hun warrior with his bow and ‘whistling arrows’

Mountainside gallery where all civilisations added their own art from Bronze Age to medieval times

Lake Baikal to become a new ocean - but not for 20 million years, say scientists

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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.

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

Aged approximately 45,000 years, this might be the world’s oldest animal statuette.

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

Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

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New species of a giant flying squirrel discovered in the Far East of Russia

With membrane span of up to 1.5 metres the extinct animal could glide further than 50 metres.

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Female eagle clocks up huge cell phone roaming charges after flying to Iran

Top-up needed after scientists tracking feathered predators receive huge mobile SMS bills from ‘hundreds of messages’.

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

‘Male siblings born 44,000 years ago' found ten metres apart in Yakutia but the truth is rather different - amid hopes to bring species back to life.

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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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