The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Her treasures include an incense burner decorated by solar symbols, 1,500 beads that once adorned her costume, and 100 pendants made from animal teeth.

Proof that lions roamed northern Siberia in the age of the mammoths and woolly rhinoceros.

Concern is growing over poaching of the 'secretive' manul wild cat - also known as Pallas's Cat.

Siberian driver Nikolay Tarasov makes a precious Bronze Age catch.

Giant sinkhole threatens more homes as it widens each week.

Would-be participants accuse Yevgeny Pyatkovsky of cheating them over the ultimate reality game show combating bears and wolves on an Ob River island.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Meet our unique Siberian love child, a female cross between a lion and a tigress, and the undisputed star of Novosibirsk Zoo.

Culture on edge of Siberia was 'as advanced' as in Middle East, then considered to be the apex of development.