A daily bucket of icy water poured over the head 'helps block winter illnesses, and makes children optimistic'.

Exclusive footage of pioneering work by Russian and South Korean scientists finding oldest blood ever discovered from deep in the Ice Age.

Heavy snow falls in recent days cause mayhem in Russia's 'San Francisco'.

New research shows rare genetic lines could have been preserved in Siberia.

Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.

International research team publish a detailed study into two cave lion cubs found in Yakutia

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

Unknown ancient people left the newly discovered fantastical creatures hewn of granite in Altai Mountains.

Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.