Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.
One estimate is half a million new jobs stemming from improvements to the Baikal-Amur Mainline link amid hopes of foreign investment.
Bones of 11 extinct giants discovered, plus one woolly rhinoceros: but why did they die here?
Nematodes moving and eating again for the first time since the Pleistocene age in major scientific breakthrough, say experts.
It almost looks like a lawn mower being pushed across a frozen river. What's going on?
Yakutian huntsmen said the new draft law threatens traditional dog breeding.
Former paratrooper conscript Timofey Menshikov wanted to escape modern life - and vodka - now faces reunion with family he left behind.
Girl, 4, tried to mimic a character from a Ladybug cartoon, say Yakutsk police.