All ice crossings shut in Irkutsk region, local emergency service on top alert.

Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.

New 'plug-in' cars coping well with harsh climate and landscape and were even recharged overnight in remote taiga at -33C.

With more than 11,000 animals from 702 species - about 150 of them are from them World Red Book - Novosibirsk Zoo is a popular tourist attraction with almost a million visitors annually, and a noted scientific institution. 

One of the largest in Russia, it boasts a world record in captive breeding programmes for endangered species. 

Rostislav Shilo, Zoo’s Director since 1969, says that there are only two other self-supporting zoos in the world - in Singapore and in San Diego. 

Many prehistoric creatures craved salt and vital minerals missing from their diets due to abrupt climate change, suggests a new scientific expedition.

WWF starts project to breed Amur leopards and released them in the wild.

In the most extreme conditions, the unimaginable can happen. 

72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.

Kamvari Architects won an open international competition to design information kiosks along the world's most famous rail route.