Scientists from Novosibirsk-based Vector are working in Yakutia on a paleo-virus experiment.
New find in 'perfect condition' just two metres from 2011 discovery of 12,400 year old dog.
‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.
New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.
Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.
This is the first picture of mammoth bone marrow from which scientists are seeking to extract DNA to bring the extinct giant back to life.
Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species.
The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.