Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.
Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why? The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.
When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.
A giant furry octopus? Remains of a woolly mammoth? An unknown primeval creature from the deep?
Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.
Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.
New find expected to 'change our understanding of the evolution of animals'.
First chance to see the appearance of a calf from this extinct hairy species, complete with its strawberry blond curls.