Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.

Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.

Siberian mammoth graveyards provoke a new theory on why the creatures were wiped out, and how dogs were domesticated.

The discovery of an ice-preserved female mammoth comes amid a debate on whether scientists should try to recreate the species using DNA.

Built just five years ago, western sanctions over Ukraine stop international cooperation at climate change research facility in Arctic.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

Fantastical creature has wingspan of 130 metres.

Sculpture of girl and her dog, whose story captivated the world, to be erected at Yakutsk Airport.