The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.

Unique new technology being tested in Novosibirsk will ensure would-be mothers know the ideal time they can get pregnant. 

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

New DNA findings alter the sex of one of most famous recent Siberian archeological finds of human remains.

Homage to the remarkable bravery of sailors and troops who repelled the Germans in the only World War Two combat action in Siberia.

Archeological evidence from the Altai region makes clear the arrival of Homo erectus from Africa can be dated at between 800,000 and one million years ago.

'Sensational' discovery in Denisova Cave is at least 50,000 years old BUT it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

It was 50 years ago on Sunday that Valentina Tereshkova made history blasting off into space, the first female in orbit.