Mongrel becomes surrogate mother for baby big cats at village zoo in Omsk region.

Two young birds saved after taking a seriously wrong turn during migration.

A 15 million rouble subsidy has been granted to airline S7 to operate flights on the Moscow to Gorno-Altaisk route during the rest of  2012.

The new energy source in the remote settlement of Yailyu is powered by the sun, of which Siberia has plenty - summer and winter.

Up to 38 people trapped in building as rescue underway.

A study suggests cannabis, magic mushrooms and ecstatic dancing was used as ancient anaesthetic.

Hardy Siberians undaunted by aircraft frozen on tarmac as temperatures sank to a biting minus 52C

In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.

Sensational pictures of last week's meteorite strike have emerged from a Russian photographer.