Endangered Amur tigers are protected under President Vladimir Putin's special project.

As new season starts, video of illegal trapping shows the source of fur for highly prized coats.

Endangered big cats - a mother and two cubs - frolic in front of the lens, before stopping the show by removing the memory card with paw.

Amazing new pictures show a endangered Amur leopard with a cub.

North Korea urged to join Russia and China in fixing reliable numbers for Amur big cats.

Geysers, active volcanoes, thermal lakes, mountains, Pleistocene glaciers, cascading rivers... and a lot of bears! 

Investigation underway into why 'peaceful' bear was shot by police on Sakhalin island, and whether its gallbladder was extracted for black market sale.

Distressing pictures of lost and emaciated predator on streets of Norilsk shocked the world earlier this year, but now she is transformed.