Proof of recovery of endangered species after 'historic' sighting of Siberian tiger 2000 km west of its usual habitat.

At this rate, the species could be extinct in 6 years, according to latest shocking figures - but are the predators really in such jeopardy?

Kitten is one of the world’s rarest big cats, with only 91 known adults surviving in the wild.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.

'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.

Locals warned not to use water for baths as authorities urgently check for radioactive or toxic substances.

Vitalina Batsarashkina, 19, from Omsk, in tribute to grandfather as she celebrates Rio medal.

Vivid red and orange paintings by Bronze Age artists go on show for the first time.

Famous as a place of exile in Tsarist and Soviet times, it could now gets its first international class hotel.