Destruction of natural habitat by forest fires 'explains bears causing terror in residential areas'.

Sensational find of  head of the beast with its brain intact, preserved since prehistoric times in permafrost.

Skeleton of almost complete beast discovered on banks of Lena River close to Yakutsk.

An accident involved 17 miners some 365 metres beneath the surface at Alrosa's Udachninskiy ore-dressing plant 14 km south of the Arctic Circle.

A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.

Shots fired at island campsite to scare away beast which then drops ancient limb preserved in permafrost since prehistoric times.

Officials deny any risk of atomic contamination from the site in Sakha Republic.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Cats and dogs are left at the mercy of extremely cold weather reaching -50C with no proper animal winter shelter in Yakutsk.