Russian army biological protection troops called in amid warnings 'utmost care' needed to stop deadly infection spreading.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.

Revealing pictures of Siberian ruins as new royal theory may explain this remote 8th century summer schloss.

Scientists split after expedition to see the '100 million year old reptile' in Yamal.

Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.

The Russian president spoke after flying over devastated settlements, and fields were crops have been destroyed.

More than 50 servicemen in air drop close to  Russia's drifting ice base Barneo.