At this rate, the species could be extinct in 6 years, according to latest shocking figures - but are the predators really in such jeopardy?

Scientist thought he had stumbled upon an unusual stone, only for tests to show he had unearthed major dinosaur find.

Irkutsk officials say supplies to major city could run out but Russian government says more analysis of environmental impact needed.

PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.

Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.

Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

Pro-Kremlin eco-groups echo Greenpeace concerns by highlighting burning of forests which do not appear in government reports.

Futuristic Khanty-Mansiysk gives a new image to Siberia ahead of shale revolution.

'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.