Alleged poachers detained after killing animal on Vaygach Island, amid fears up to 15 are illegally shot each year.

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.

Expert says deadly gas released from melting permafrost region will lead to 'awful' consequences for global warming.

Key move to revive Far Eastern economy and compete with Macau and Busan.

Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.

Decline in consumption of venison and fresh river fish along with cut in distances covered on nomadic pasture routes ushers in modern curse.

More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.

Through his extraordinary photographs, Sergey Anisimov has done more than most to show real Siberia to the world.

Major bid to check radioactive waste dump area in Arctic archipelago.

Startling new details emerge of the most mysterious of Siberia's newly created giant permafrost holes.