As police say lama found in lotus positon was destined for sale on black market, there are claims it was one step away from becoming a Buddha.

Odd couple are 'inseparable' as safari park keepers resist calls to split Timur the goat from Amur the tiger.

Russian army biological protection troops called in amid warnings 'utmost care' needed to stop deadly infection spreading.

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

Unveiled: two extinct cave lions  - dug from the permafrost - make their first appearance since Pleistocene times.

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

Remains of suspected female of Turkik origin found in at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains.