Scientists find how the animals produce ethanol in winter as an anti-freeze giving them the survival spirit.

Image of 'polluted red river' caused shock but Nornickel stresses it is committed to cleaning up environment, and there will be no repeat.

Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team.

Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.

This week, a second DNA test found she too was swapped as a newborn baby - 22 years earlier - in exactly the same maternity hospital.

Mushroom picker Alexander Lopukhin, 44, said he was certain he would die.

New methods of refining medical prescription to benefit the patient's individual genetic make-up are being pioneered in Siberia. 

New computer model of Ipatiev House lets you wander around the residence where the Romanov dynasty was obliterated.

Rescuers save Natalya Pasternak, 55, who is now fighting for her life.