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 unique artifact was made by humans more than 19,000 years ago.

New expedition in Laptev Sea suggests increase in the rate of underwater permafrost degradation.

Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.

Altai floodwater could be sent to parched Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, says Russian agriculture minister.

Nearby mothballed uranium mine caused the poisoning which led to severe drowsiness, say scientists. 

Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.

 Novosibirsk resident developed symptoms of the illness that has baffled scientists and doctors during visit to family in Kazakhstan.