Meet Syoma, the fearless, who plays cat and mouse....with a fox. 

Barnaul angler Ivan Drachev, 33, caught more than he bargained for when he noticed an animal fallen through the ice.

Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.

Forlorn polar bear named Umka turned up at a Russian police station as if pleading for help: now he is back where he belongs.

She pauses for a last look, and then without a backward glance swims across the world's fifth longest river.

The male big cat's death is 'extremely dangerous' for the species, warns an expert.

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

New estimate puts number at 80, almost double some recent figures.