The moon over Baikal glittered in different way, like you are looking at sable fur
'Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
Ukraine has moved its Consulate General from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. The former Soviet state has other Consultates General around Russia already.
Many prehistoric creatures craved salt and vital minerals missing from their diets due to abrupt climate change, suggests a new scientific expedition.
With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.
Chained to a tree and bitten, five-year-old Masha is used as bait to hone skills in a competition to find the best hunter.
Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants
Mitrofan Tretryakov, 69, was badly wounded, but managed to call rescuers as the predator escaped.
This is the first picture of mammoth bone marrow from which scientists are seeking to extract DNA to bring the extinct giant back to life.
Leading expert assesses the risk of 'waking up' this deadly disease currently eradicated, and warns that rising Russian levels of HIV brings a far greater risk.