Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.

International researchers have gleaned these extraordinary hidden scientific secrets by drilling 318 metres into a unique lake in northeastern Siberia.

Compass failure: aiming for the Caspian Sea, the elegant birds arrive instead on the Tom River in Kemerovo region, and in the Altai Mountains.

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

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

Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.

One of the giants of science in the Soviet and post-USSR eras, a former president of the Academy of Sciences, died aged 87 after a long illness.

Modern-day zeppelins costing $30 million each would revolutionise transport links and economic exploitation of Siberia in $240 billion plan.

'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.