A quarter of all Russian forests, 89% of stocks in Sakha Republic, could be left to burn, even though they are essential to fight global warming.

Foreigners should be invited to pay $10,000 per animal in novel way to fund cull needed to save reindeer and horses.

Runaway duo blocks traffic in the centre of the city as they splash in the snow.

Putin backs proposal to give one hectare to each citizen or person willing to move to region in a bid to stimulate economy and boost population.

Living bacteria found in permafrost - '3.5 million years old' - is 'scientific sensation' which allows 'mice grannies' to reproduce.

Body found buried some 200 metres from remote research facility 150 kilometres from Mirny. 

Site identified in Krasnoyarsk region where man 'trapped and killed' mammoths, suspect paleontologists.

Most northerly palaeolithic site found on Arctic island of Stolbovoy, part of lost continental link between Siberia and Alaska, believe scientists.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Scientists from Novosibirsk-based Vector are working in Yakutia on a paleo-virus experiment.