Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.

Vadim Klabukov, 23, paid with his life after flouting safety rules when he went to retrieve lost backpack in South Kamchatka nature reserve.

Shocking but inspiring account of heroic woman who survived after bear overpowered her, then buried her alive as its dinner.

Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'

Four children among those hit by the infection which has spread from a beast slaughtered this year.

Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.

Heartbroken zoo keepers said the mating season's attack was 'unprecedented’.

Afanasiy Polyatinskiy spent ten days taking letters and parcels to remote villages, carrying a gun because of threat of brown bear attacks.

Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.