With dumpy little legs, a dense body and a penchant for hiding from trouble, the Manul has proved elusive to nature lovers worldwide.

Stressed 3-month-old Glafira pulled by handler to sit down by the ballots and pose for photographers in Barnaul.

Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.

Scientists discover 'first' creature to move from water to land almost 400 million years ago.

'Sensational' discovery in Denisova Cave is at least 50,000 years old BUT it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.

The president warns that the US and EU want to defang the Russian bear.

Experts still divided over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake.

Thanks to Novosibirsk scientists we can see how she looked in real life, the vivid colours she wore and her stylish headdress. And her beauty secrets!

New DNA findings alter the sex of one of most famous recent Siberian archeological finds of human remains.