‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.

Dissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.

Tigre de Cristal under fire for 'abusing' rare big cat to promote gambling revolution.

At least eight black bears killed in terrorised Luchegorsk as starving wild animals roam streets and go on the attack. 

World's first multi-use metal-vapour laser can be used to revolutionise operations, create more efficient gadgets, and sense the atmosphere.

Contradictory reports on cause of death as Colin Madsen's remains found in snow in mountainous region of Republic of Buryatia.

Tatiana Andreeva, 20, has been jailed for 7 years in a controversial case that is becoming a cause celebre on the web.

Does a spooky event in New England 238 years ago hold the clue to the eerie blackness that descended one week ago in Siberia?