ecology

Dmitry Medvedev has called for Russian regional officials to pay more attention to environmental groups, working in Siberia.

The discovery of an ice-preserved female mammoth comes amid a debate on whether scientists should try to recreate the species using DNA.

Cruel joke can turn deadly for predator now too visible to both prey and poachers.

Highly prized victory comes without a shot in anger after 13 year battle in the corridors of the United Nations.

Krasnoyarsk's skies have been black since the start of the New Year, with locals complaining of 'chemical smell', lack of oxygen.

Soot-coloured snowfall covers the ground in Siberia's second largest city.

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.