Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.

For past year devoted Masha has been waiting in a hospital for the beloved owner who will never return.

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

Haunting beauty of massive hole as scientists examine frozen lake formed after giant blowout.

When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.

New revelations expected as Novosibirsk experts share latest ancient finds with world's leading specialists.

This neglectful Virginia professor expresses no remorse while saying she still loves Sofia.

Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species. 

Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.