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'The Eastern Section of the Great Vasyugan Mire has been nominated for the Unesco World Heritage List'
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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?

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

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

2,000 year old mummified ‘sleeping beauty’ dressed in silk emerges from Siberian reservoir

50,000 year old Siberian bones may be the ‘oldest Homo sapiens' outside Africa and Middle East

Silicon Taiga can become a reality to drive Russia forward, Vladimir Putin urged

Ancient Jew’s harps found in Altai Mountains as musical instruments reappear after 1,700 years

Magical new 4,500 year old finds add to 'oldest toy collection in the world'

Tragic truth about two frozen 55,000 year old cave lion cubs is revealed by scientists

First-ever dinosaur egg found in Russia 'helps prove evolution of modern birds'

Extinct cave lion cub in 'perfect' condition found in Siberia rising cloning hopes

Two types of Siberian fish 'lead the world in richness of their Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids'

Unique 5,000 year old figurine with feather headdress found in old potato field in Novosibirsk

Is this proof early man weaponised ivory from woolly mammoth tusks to kill....woolly mammoths?

Chic women's jewellery made of coal, encrusted with jade and coral from 2,200 years ago

To bee or not to bee? Unique bumblebee in Arctic is identified as new species

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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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