Russia has been made officially larger following the chance discovery of a previously unknown island off the northern coast of Siberia.

Based near Anadyr, its role is to 'monitor combat readiness' of military units, survey terrain, and air patrols.

Floodwater from Ob River is black from spill as emergency workers flight to limit damage.

Two Chinese companies compete to build a permafrost crossing of the Lena River.

Quadcopter makes monitoring bear population easier in Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve.

Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants

International bookmaker Paddy Power is offering odds of 100/1 that the Siberian Yeti will be found by the end of 2012. 

An investigation is underway into the demise of Adam the ostrich, the star of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Zoo for the last seven years.

Shoreline on remote island retreats by 74 metres in seven years due to increased wave power of unfrozen sea, and thawing permafrost.

This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.