Society’s president Sergei Shoigu - Russian defence minister - even hinted at possibility of cloning during annual meeting.
'The Siberian pine is just divine: that is the overwhelming verdict of riders hurtling round the thrilling new velodrome at 2012 Olympics', reported Reuters.
Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.
Scientists presented unique discovery made inside the Batagai crater in Yakutia.
As a debate is underway on culling as many as 250,000 reindeer due to overgrazing, Research Professor Bruce C Forbes warns against some proposed solutions.