Alarming condition with 'no cure' has recently killed 14 children.
More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.
International team of scientists complete major DNA study of extinct beast and fuel hopes of producing clone to live in special park.
Born-again beasts will roam in Ice Age Park in Yakutia, said Aisen Nikolaev, head of Yakutia region.
Research of stalactites and stalagmites in a cave near Lensk in Sakha Republic show the dire threat to the planet from global warming, says a new study.
Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.
The Mi-8 with 25 passengers and a crew of three on board crash landed some 45 km into a flight, said early reports.
Most northerly palaeolithic site found on Arctic island of Stolbovoy, part of lost continental link between Siberia and Alaska, believe scientists.
Like a Russian nesting doll, one diamond is inside another.
Fast track evolution as great Siberian symbol is surprisingly unmasked as an immigrant breed.