But has he put his Big Foot in it? Professor Valentin Sapunov hits the headlines round the world with the claim. 

Startling new details emerge of the most mysterious of Siberia's newly created giant permafrost holes.

Tests on tiny scull found in Siberia give breakthrough on evolution and could hint at the 'missing link' to mankind's origins.

Yury Obraztsov, 54, was beaten, whipped and fed on animal food for 3 years after going missing in 2014.

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

Angelina Sadovnikova, then 11, came across the mummified Pleistocene rodent in a cavity left by woolly mammoth tusk diggers.

First chance to see the appearance of a calf from this extinct hairy species, complete with its strawberry blond curls.

Research of stalactites and stalagmites in a cave near Lensk in Sakha Republic show the dire threat to the planet from global warming, says a new study.