The mayor of Vladivostok is fed up with Moscow being asleep when he needs key decisions to be made.

Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.

Infant lost its mother but 43,500 years later gives remarkable evidence that cavemen in prehistoric Europe were RIGHT to draw the species with spots.

Likely from the Okunev culture, might this mysterious ancient figurine with the angry face be a children's 'rattle', to ward off evil spirits? 

She has lived in the wilderness for 71 years but famous Old Believer faces the cameras to deliver world a message for first time.

Stunning pictures as shamans from around the world gather in Sayan Mountains.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

How people use the extreme cold to 'freeze dry' clothes.