Photographer seeks crowdfunding for trip to this little known natural wonder so remote that almost no pictures exist.

The Russian national carrier is examining a scheme to base a new air operator on its assets Vladivostok Avia and Sakhalin-based SAT Airlines.

Two-thirds of Chinese side already completed, but delay in Russia prompts call from Kremlin to speed up work on other side.

With dumpy little legs, a dense body and a penchant for hiding from trouble, the Manul has proved elusive to nature lovers worldwide.

Geysers, active volcanoes, thermal lakes, mountains, Pleistocene glaciers, cascading rivers... and a lot of bears! 

The Chinese media - and even more the country's social media - saw glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan as the star of the summit.

Famed for the purest water on the planet, but this 'is no longer true' with 'no drinking' warning in southern part of lake.

Capable of carrying 200 people and tonnes of cargo, new blimp for the 21st century could soon be taking off.

DNA 'tests' of hair supposedly from a Yeti in a Siberian cave show it comes from an unknown mammal closely related to man, it was claimed last night.

Yevgeny Savostyanov fears loss of land after becoming too dependent on Beijing.