Siberian expedition to find English steamboat 'The Thames' led by pioneering British mariner that sank in 1876.

Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.

Trucks thunder across the ice, overtaking just like this was a normal motorway  - but it’s not.

Exceptionally heavy snow falls lead to hunger and death for hardy animals. 

The sensational discovery could lead to a much clearer understanding of a blast which was 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

Group had made record-breaking 650km drive on frozen river from Norilsk to Dikson, but got into trouble on return before being plucked to safety.

Nematodes moving and eating again for the first time since the Pleistocene age in major scientific breakthrough, say experts.

Heavy rains engulf TransBaikal region with a dozen railway bridges destroyed and 15 more damaged.