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.

A bowhead whale beached on the remote outpost in the Arctic Ocean, and the news spread fast among the island's bears.

Celebrities, millionaire collectors and even royalty all want a piece of the Siberian 'phenomenon' who is still relatively unknown in his homeland.

Mysterious 'gigantic' hole in remote region spotted by helicopters over gas-rich Yamal peninsula.

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

Academics restart work to unlock secrets of mystery medieval civilization with links to Persia on edge of the Siberian Arctic.