This evocative melody is literally the sound of Nature as a group of Russian percussionists make music on the frozen waters of breathtaking Lake Baikal.

Trans Siberian trains are on schedule despite rivers breaking their banks and plans to evacuate the gateway of Khabarovsk.

A murder probe had been launched after Stepan Ludannyi went missing.

The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.

Endangered big cat is rescued from black market animal traders.

Debters and tax cheats face new attack in Siberia with a scheme to humiliate them in pubs and restaurants.

Born in the Siberian taiga, recluse Agafya Lykova is the sole survivor of the Lykov family who cut themselves off from civilisation in 1936.

Police called to house after owners woken up by loud meowing.