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

Biggest and 'best' in Russia, it is more like a 'reserve' than a traditional zoo.

The government of the Sakha republic in Siberia has allocated extra cash to slaughtering wolves threatening remote reindeer villages.

Police called to house after owners woken up by loud meowing.

More than 20 calves born although park keepers say there could be more.

A few years ago only 30 were living in the wild, but now there is a realistic chance to avoid extinction.

Scientists get inside a woolly mammoth's head to understand behaviour of the extinct species.

Experts crack prehistoric mystery over extinct babies preserved in permafrost since Ice Age, and reveal the VERY surprising colour of this 'tigerlion' species.

The number of Amur leopards in the wild in the Far East of Russia has dramatically increased, say wildlife experts.