The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.

Aim is to postpone ageing 'illnesses', says researcher. 

Exclusive pictures show autopsy on a four year old bison preserved in ice since ancient times.

Scientists share first results on the world's best-preserved extinct rhino that lived in Yakutia at least 20,000 years ago.

Bones found in 2008 are finally examined and found to belong to a giant monster that roamed the Earth 100 million years ago.

Subsea permafrost thaws faster than previously thought, Russian scientists say.

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

Tomsk researchers were the first in the world to catch the enigmatic germ.