Described as 'wonders of nature', explore two of the most fascinating places on earth where the warm sand dunes meet the icy steppe.

Designer animals bred by South Korean cloning laboratory showed skills 'beyond all expectations' in their first three weeks with the penal service.

Businessman Vladislav Doronin - former partner of model Naomi Campbell - to deliver the award.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Grandfather Egor Tarasov's 'miraculous' survival story of 42 days alone in the tundra with polar and brown bears, and wolves.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.