Scientists from Novosibirsk-based Vector are working in Yakutia on a paleo-virus experiment.

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Local reindeer herder witnessed the tundra explosion that led to birth of new hole in river.

Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.

New study predicts potential crises for herds after examining 81,000 animal losses after Yamal was carpeted with winter-long impenetrable ice.

Currently there are 730,000 animals but numbers are 'unsustainable', risking disease spreading and chronic overgrazing.

As a debate is underway on culling as many as 250,000 reindeer due to overgrazing, Research Professor Bruce C Forbes warns against some proposed solutions.