Overhead high voltage cables at touching level for children, foals are slaughtered because mares too weak to feed them. 

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

First polar bear born at zoo in 40 years separated from heartbroken mother as she gets set for new solo life.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

Shock in city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky over deaths after two tried to rescue their friend from heating drain.

They have spent 17 years working with under-privileged children, now dance group get chance to help more at their own facility.

Buried with stone axe and horn-tipped arrow, ancient human remains have archeologists reshaping their assumptions.

Moscow has opened a preliminary probe into the case of ten year old Yegor Shatabalov's adoption by American citizen Marcia Ann Brandt in 2007.

Curbs will stop foreigners working in schools, as drivers on passenger transport, or in children's food production.

Residents warned to stay away from the animals, with two men already having been savagely attacked... but there is happy news for two little cubs.