New geological evidence shows polar 'submarine elevations' as 'natural components' of Siberian continental land mass.
Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.
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.
The Ob was once teeming with sturgeon, but more recently the 'Tsar Fish' has become an endangered species in the mighty river.
The move comes amid hope of large-scale investment from Seoul into Siberia.
Archaeologists intrigued by discovery of Bronze Age razor blade in Novosibirsk region.
Once banned as a result of over-fishing, now there are plans for one million sturgeon a year in Siberian river
Four months old female in a 'serious but stable condition' in Russian Far East.