Dissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.

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

13 year old revealed as the daughter of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father - separate humanoid groups now proven to have crossbred.

Haunting images of this Railway to Nowhere, built by Gulag convicts in the cruellest of conditions on the cusp of the Arctic Circle.

5,000 year old site used for fish processing but also rituals which remain a 'huge mystery' involving wolverines and ermine.

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

'When I came to Yergaki National Park I was blown away by the beauty of the place. It was so stunning it felt unreal'.

Image of 'polluted red river' caused shock but Nornickel stresses it is committed to cleaning up environment, and there will be no repeat.

One child sends chilling video message home from inferno: ‘Mum, we’ve got a problem here.’

More flooding misery due to burst dam as experts say the cause is global warming.