Ancient Xiongnu-era woman took stylish accessory to the afterlife.

Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.

More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.

Dissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.

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.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Permafrost remains of long-gone woolly rhinos, mammoths and cave lions bring intriguing scientific breakthrough.

Curious reports of extra-terrestrials pulling Steven Spielberg to Siberian jewel Baikal.

New Russian national park, aimed at saving endangered big cats has won praise from Prince Michael of Kent.