Skin and skull of rare animal was hidden in the suspect's car.

Little orphaned cubs given fresh chance after being rescued and then adopted and nurtured with the help of zoos and vets.

The zoo at Seversk - a city closed to outsiders without special permits - has unveiled its latest inhabitants, several brightly striped snakes.

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

Find included gallbladders of bears and musk deer.

Police launch probe into slaughter of protected two year old animal 'riddled with bullets'.

Man in Russian Far East found the endangered big cat on his mat one morning, seemingly in need of a dentist...

Fewer bears in the Siberian region of Tomsk this year are waking from hibernation and hungrily raiding remote villages and towns scavenging for food.

These remarkable pictures show how young Siberian scientist Irina Mukhamedshina, 22, has trained a fox to be as obedient as a dog.