Same phenomenon of discharge of gas hydrates 'led to crater formation in Russia and disappearance of ships in Atlantic'.

Warning of methane blasts in Kara Sea adjacent to Yamal craters caused by gas eruptions associated with melting permafrost due to global warming.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.

Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species. 

PM Medvedev was ordered to 'reprimand' Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun for the slow pace of proposals to boost the east of the country.

Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.

Futuristic Khanty-Mansiysk gives a new image to Siberia ahead of shale revolution.