Alexander Smelov, 55, killed in his office in Yakutsk.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Deputy finance minister Mikhail Kotyukov, 36, given key job amid 'crisis' over science reforms.

Novosibirsk State University climbs faster up the world academic league table than other well established Russian institutions. 

'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.

One of the giants of science in the Soviet and post-USSR eras, a former president of the Academy of Sciences, died aged 87 after a long illness.

Forest infernos will be extinguished by the weekend, pledges government, as wildfires become political issue in Moscow.

Summer flooding will worsen dramatically, and the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2034.

First ever discovery of a 'live bigfoot' is made in southern Siberia.

Creature with 'a typical serpentine pose' existed more than 2,000 years ago, say scientists.