Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.
The aim of the cell bank is to focus on developing cures and antidotes to intractable diseases such as tick-borne encephalitis.
Siberian ancestors hunted the squat short-legged horse, even though this type of animal was believed to have been wiped out 400,000 years ago.
Petroglyphs some 7,000 years older than earlier thought with ancients artists using same style in Siberia and Mongolia.
Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised.
Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.
Unique pieces of skin from the late Jurassic era dinosaurs has been uncovered in a natural 'time capsule' by scientists in the Trans-Baikal region.
A Moscow scientist is calling for a new scientific expedition to solve the mystery of a huge 'monster'.