Named in the Stalin era after the American novelist, journalist, and social activist, enjoy the stunning nature of this remote paradise in Magadan region.

Siberian 'suslik' needs human rescue from passing motorists on Olkhon island in Lake Baikal.

A deal was signed giving South Korean scientists exclusive rights on cloning the woolly mammoth from tissue samples found recently in the Siberian permafrost. 

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

Remains from the Zhokhov island in the East Siberian Arctic show trained sled dogs existed almost 10,000 years ago.

Cub 'Mur' joins the puppet cast of 'Good Night, Little Ones'.

DNA of a fossil tooth found in the Altai Mountains shows early man and his best friend were together 19,000 years earlier than previously understood.

Novel approach to help recovery of leopard and tiger numbers in the Russian Far East.