They say every cloud has a silver lining, and it looks like the same is true with typhoons.
Fewer bears in the Siberian region of Tomsk this year are waking from hibernation and hungrily raiding remote villages and towns scavenging for food.
The predator is chased away by dog and man with stick as it comes too close for comfort.
Communist Party want cheeky feline to join ranks and become a ‘revolutionary’ to inspire others after exploits in upmarket duty free shop.
Emaciated animal walked 1500km south and away from Arctic Ocean, searching for food.
Flipped houses appear in Omsk and Novosibirsk, as an attraction to locals and tourists.
Rare appearance of bear close to Novosibirsk leads to warnings to residents.
Frightened and hungry after poachers killed his mother, wild animal starts new life in Barnaul zoo.
Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Hungry predators arrive at local eye clinic ‘for a check up’, or more likely a meal, banging on door to demand entry.