Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

The sensational discovery could lead to a much clearer understanding of a blast which was 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

The Yamal peninsula has the world's richest gas reserves, and soon it will grow juicy tomatoes as well.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.

This animal and its lost mother wandered some 700 km too far south 'because they couldn't go north' and got confused.

It is only in the vastness of Siberia, perhaps, where a crowdfunded recce trip can lead to such a jaw-dropping discovery...