Northern India

Officials in Nepal and India are alleging birds migrating from Siberia are responsible for cases of bird flu in domestic fowl.

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

Siberian expedition to find English steamboat 'The Thames' led by pioneering British mariner that sank in 1876.

Major campaign saves tens of thousands of birds from 'decimation' as they migrate to Africa.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US secretary of state John Kerry will attend the May 14-15 Arctic Council in Kiruna, Sweden.

A new find of remains of a child aged 8 to 10 dating from around the 5th century AD suggests a sophisticated knowledge of surgical skills. 

In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey. 

The Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.