A major new Arctic clean-up expedition is poised to start work getting rid of junk and pollution blighting this vast region.
The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.
Hi-tech project would use computer models to predict climate change and help with safe production of oil and gas in Northern Russia.
Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.
South Korean specialist hails opening of new World Mammoth Centre in Siberia, dedicated to bringing beast back to life.
Research in some of Russia's remotest regions on 43,000 year old bones may have a very modern application in saving lives of coronary patients.
Ceremonial suit was embellished with decorations and left as a sacrifice for the gods by ancient bear cult polar people, say archeologists.
Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.
Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.
Remains from the Zhokhov island in the East Siberian Arctic show trained sled dogs existed almost 10,000 years ago.