Likely brought some 6,000 kilometres by ancient traders seeking walrus tusks, hunting birds and fur.

Now male hunter claims he killed the bears in 'life or death' act to save her.

As many as one in three Bewick's swans that migrate to Britain 'has been peppered with shotgun pellets during the long flight from Siberia'.

Winter show time as birds flock to unique ice-free Altai waters.

Environmentalists rescued the male cub after its mother apparently died in unexplained circumstances.

Tomsk has plenty of wealthy people these days, but a Scottish millionaire seeking an apartment in Siberia nonetheless delights local real estate agents.

So what caused this abearation spotted by tourists in Kamchatka?

One region has shot 58 ravaging brown bears this year because they intrude too close to settlements, destroying livestock.

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