Sculpture of girl and her dog, whose story captivated the world, to be erected at Yakutsk Airport.

Separated for 10 years after being sent to an orphanage and possibly adopted overseas, Sofia is desperate for information about younger sibling Yuri.

Her anti-Putin bandmate Maria Alyokhina was freed earlier from a jail west of the Urals.

The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Teenager held for 40 minutes by tiger through the bars before she was released and rushed to hospital.

She and he were cruelly orphaned by poachers, and he was also shot and wounded but is now cured: how will they cope together roaming the wild?