With as few as 70 left in the wild, evidence of poachers targeting species is likely to be a concern.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Siberians help this magnificent young Imperial Eagle, wounded after becoming entangled threads of rope used by his parents to make their nest.

Fears another bear that also failed to hibernate for winter is also on the run near Vilyuchinsk.

Staff and passengers at Nyagan airport in fear of bear patrolling the runway and trying to break into terminal.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Wanderlust beast kept returning to main airport in Kamchatka, this week breaking in through a metal security fence.

This endangered snow leopard and her two cautious cubs are among only 100 or so living in the wild in Russia.

Unveiled: two extinct cave lions  - dug from the permafrost - make their first appearance since Pleistocene times.

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.