A huge operation to cull 3,000 wolves in Russia's largest region began today - 15 January - amid claims banned poisons could be used.

Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.

Unknown remains of a large creature have been found in Lake Labynkyr, say the first divers to ever reach its floor.

Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

Fantastical creature has wingspan of 130 metres.

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

The government of the Sakha republic in Siberia has allocated extra cash to slaughtering wolves threatening remote reindeer villages.

Master blacksmith reveals how modern knives are closely related to those excavated from ancient archeological sites.