Siberian scientist leads team making unexpected discovering in Kyrgyzstan.
Now the prickly rodent lives no closer than 2,000 kilometres away, but its remains - recently dated - are scattered in caves of the Altai Mountains.
Russian scientists hopeful of finding traces of cosmic matter left after the explosion.
Fragments of the meteorite which exploded over the Urals have revealed their geological identity to Siberian scientists.
The unique artifact was made by humans more than 19,000 years ago.
Russian scientists deny theory of respected Italian team by 'proving' that the remote blue lake is older than the famous 1908.
Standing two metres tall, the giant deer was assumed to be extinct about 10,300 years ago, but new research finds it was still alive across Siberia.
Eurasia will split in two, dividing the world's largest land mass in southern Siberia.
Massive Siberian source of diamonds formed by an asteroid 35 million years ago can 'overturn entire world gem market'.