Thousands brighten their lives at Novosibirsk's first Festival of Colours.

Elders in Altai Mountains vote to reinter mummy of ancient woman 'to stop her anger which causes floods and earthquakes'.

Experts to visit remote craters to solve the puzzle on their creation.

Cub was shot in the legs but there are fears the mother was also slain by poachers.

Capable of carrying 200 people and tonnes of cargo, new blimp for the 21st century could soon be taking off.

Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan.

International bookmaker Paddy Power is offering odds of 100/1 that the Siberian Yeti will be found by the end of 2012. 

Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.