Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.
Angelina Sadovnikova, then 11, came across the mummified Pleistocene rodent in a cavity left by woolly mammoth tusk diggers.
Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.
Toe bone DNA research uncovers the sexual relationships of cave-dwellers from Altai foothills in Siberia.
13 year old revealed as the daughter of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father - separate humanoid groups now proven to have crossbred.
Tests on tiny scull found in Siberia give breakthrough on evolution and could hint at the 'missing link' to mankind's origins.
Finds of 'lion-hunting ancient man' excavated from site of new road new Lake Baikal now undergoing tests at Germany’s Max Planck Institute.
Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.
The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.
New research shows rare genetic lines could have been preserved in Siberia.