As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

A new air link between Alaska and the Russian Far East is opening up a new world of adventure tourism to US visitors.

Yakutsk, currently hosting the Children of Asia International sports games was forced to halt arrivals and departures.

Video footage from Yakutia divides opinion: cruelty or necessary because predator was dangerous to people? Inquiry is underway.

International team of scientists complete major DNA study of extinct beast and fuel hopes of producing clone to live in special park.

It should be called the 'Pacific region', he suggests.

With thick coat to keep it warm, the little Yakut horse loves nothing better than running about the frozen fields.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.