A desperate rescue mission saved four people - but up to 24 are feared dead in the air tragedy in the Sakha Republic. 

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

Ice along the northern coast of Siberia is retreating faster than elsewhere, leading to a special threat for our polar bears, Russian expert says. 

Scientific breakthrough on DNA pinpoints mankind’s expansion across planet – and moment of interbreeding with Neanderthals.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.

Giant ramparts guarded Altai Mountains against attack from the north, says leading archeologist Professor Andrey Borodovsky.

The predator is chased away by dog and man with stick as it comes too close for comfort.

Anonymous lucky winner comes from the Siberian Federal District.