Desperate attempt to protect saker falcons known as the feathery treasure of Siberia.

A man became infected from a cow, and only called for medical help a week after contracting the deadly disease - by then it was too late. 

Surely not a unicorn but scientists are as yet unsure about the owner of this intriguing horn fragment which is perhaps 18,000 years old.

Attraction in Altai region never fails to put on its annual show for tourists.

Three more players rushed to hospital after suffering injuries in thunderstorm tragedy.

Problems may not be over yet, warn meteorologists, as police are on high alert in 14 areas.

Photographer Svetlana Kazina shows off washing day in the Altai Mountains - and her loo roll with frostbite!

Rescue effort underway to provide emergency feeding sites for the helpless animals, with the wild boar population also in trouble.

'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.