Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
Meet the man working at the world's largest maternity hospital for polar bears
Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a playdough-like material from mammoth ivory
Cows in the world’s coldest inhabited place have to wear mouton bras for outdoor walks
Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask
Next ‘stop’ Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean?
Alfresco art gallery ‘shows woolly mammoths and rhinos depicted by our ancestors 15,000 years ago’
Mystery of unique 2,100-year-old human clay head - with a ram’s skull inside
The day the world’s most polluted city was in Siberia
The Leo Express: a rescued Amur leopard is sent on a 9h flight across Russia to cure back tumour
A peer traveller falls knee-deep in ice-cold water
Flying with the wind and climbing ice poles
I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Siberia invites you to visit Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city
Siberians to get a taste for Pad Thai, Tom Yum Goong and Som Tum
Cannes? No, Kansk!
Awakening after winter, Siberians pour cold water over themselves
Beauty Against Cancer: inspiring pictures show women fighting back
Coming soon: 'Chateau Permafrost', wine from Siberia
200-plus agreements worth $27 billion at forum to 'open up Russian Far East'
Cleaning Baikal, then enjoying the gleaming nature of its surrounding mountains
Accent on age: fashion blogger sets up Russia's first oldie modelling agency
Vitaly Denisyuk, 37, was first to realise help was needed by frightened people at upstairs windows.
The sound described as ‘crying and giggling’ is the cub’s trademark way to seek attention, the zoo said.
Scientists from Novosibirsk-based Vector are working in Yakutia on a paleo-virus experiment.
Pillars of smoke filmed over the areas hit by last summer’s wildfires despite the current long spell of extremely cold weather.