The large bear falls on its back and waves paws in the air in exact copy of the whale’s moves.

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

British man to become the first in the world to ride from Pacific to Atlantic ocean.

New technology to be tested on heating stations in eastern Russia.

Alexander Chepurnov had already recovered once when he re-infected himself in an experiment.

Kilometres of nets thrown overboard monthly, expert warns.

Emaciated animal walked 1500km south and away from Arctic Ocean, searching for food.

A 1,159 metre volcano named after one of Russia's most fearsome tsars erupted early Thursday for the first time in 23 years.

The city of Chelyabinsk cleared up its broken glass and divers scoured a lake to find a meteorite which hit with the force of a nuclear bomb.