Pilot error, technical malfunction and bad weather are all possible causes checked by investigators.

Shots fired at island campsite to scare away beast which then drops ancient limb preserved in permafrost since prehistoric times.

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

Amazing new pictures show a endangered Amur leopard with a cub.

Birds that Vladimir Putin tried to save have 'almost disappeared' due to illegal shooting.

Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business. 

This Russian treasure has 1,500 species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the planet.

Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.