Photographer seeks crowdfunding for trip to this little known natural wonder so remote that almost no pictures exist.

PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

International researchers have gleaned these extraordinary hidden scientific secrets by drilling 318 metres into a unique lake in northeastern Siberia.

Finds dating back 50,000 years could be missing link in understanding man's origins.

I was sitting 3-to-4 metres away from the cubs waiting to see what would happen next. The mother returned back later and fed the cubs.

Russian news outlets carry blank pictures to highlight concern over detention of Denis Sinyakov.

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

Leonid Durkin, 30, shows how easy it is to vanish while living near to people.

Startling new details emerge of the most mysterious of Siberia's newly created giant permafrost holes.