The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.
Hot ash tumbled down the mountain's southeastern slope as Bezymianny showed its power.
Unique physiology of people in Altai mountain region means only they can perform the melodies that date back centuries.
Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.
New expedition in Laptev Sea suggests increase in the rate of underwater permafrost degradation.
Homage to the remarkable bravery of sailors and troops who repelled the Germans in the only World War Two combat action in Siberia.
But is climate change to blame, or local officials who went on vacation instead of fighting fires?
Call to locals and tourists to aid experts counter the green gunge 'polluting' world's deepest lake.