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Russia's nuclear power monopoly Rosatom has started development of the Shirondukuyskoye uranium deposit in eastern Siberia, ...
The 16-year-olds allegedly attempted to kill a Russian soldier after being ordered to do so by Ukrainian intelligence.
Nearly a century ago in the frigid Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, explorers discovered frozen tombs. They were ...
Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on ...
Interestingly, the study’s authors noted that the mummy’s right forearm tattoos were more technically proficient and detailed ...
Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia, as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius). Despite only being early June, records are tumbling across parts of Siberia as ...
Dalen has made 10 field trips to Siberia since he began collaborating with Plotnikov and other Russian researchers in the early 2000s. At least 80 percent of the world's known mammoth remains are ...
Siberia has minerals like cobalt, zinc, copper, lead, tin, and mercury in great abundance; in Norilsk, the second-largest city in the world above the Arctic Circle, the Soviets dug the world’s ...
This story has been updated with additional data about the fires. For the past three months, hundreds of fires have erupted in northeast Siberia, releasing vast amounts of smoke and compromising ...
Khuzhir, Russia — It hadn’t occurred to me to take sunscreen to Siberia. But as I lay baking in 85-degree sunlight, I realized that a tube of SPF 30 was as important here in the summer as a ...
And within Siberia, I have longed to travel a particular river: the Lena. When I first saw the Lena River, in April of 1993, it was under the wheels of the truck that was taking me across Siberia ...
Today, Siberia is an old battlefield in which the battle it is known for never took place; the big worries have moved elsewhere. As a landmass, Siberia got some bad breaks geographically.