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'The power of the taiga... perhaps only migratory birds know where it ends'
Anton Chekhov, 1890

Schoolgirl finds the world’s oldest lemming preserved in permafrost and dating back 41,000 years

Angelina Sadovnikova, then 11, came across the mummified Pleistocene rodent in a cavity left by woolly mammoth tusk diggers.

Amazingly preserved puppy with whiskers, eyelashes, hair and velvety nose intact puzzle scientists

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

Extinct lion cubs found in Siberia are up to 55,000 years old - latest test results reveal

EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth

Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia

7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic

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

Boy, 11, finds ‘1,000 year old message’ written in runes on pendant made of mammoth bone

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

Dozens of new craters suspected in northern Russia

Exclusive new pictures INSIDE Siberian crater

Now two NEW large holes appear in Siberia

WORLD EXCLUSIVE - Meet this extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old

Exclusive: The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old Siberian woolly mammoth

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

First pictures from inside the 'crater at the end of the world'

Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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Neanderthals made two epic invasions of Siberia, says new study

Cold-defying conquests traced to 120,000 years ago when they crossbred with Denisovans, and 60,000 years ago when they collected sparkling crystals.

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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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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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