Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.
New scientific discovery of a 'novel type of luciferin' making the Siberian Luminous Earthworm glow in the dark.
Recent days have seen Siberia's nickel capital hotter than Nice and on a par with Naples.
New study reveals icy climate conditions in pre-historic times.
Toe bone DNA research uncovers the sexual relationships of cave-dwellers from Altai foothills in Siberia.
Back in Soviet times, Akademgorodok was known as one of the best places to live, a home to some of the USSR's greatest scientists.
'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.