On Feb. 6, 1933, Oymyakon, Russia, hit minus 90 degrees — one of the coldest temperatures ever recorded where people actually ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of giant exploding craters spotted in western Siberia, known to blast soil and ice hundreds of feet into the air. These craters, known as giant gas ...

In 2011 and 2015, researchers unearthed a pair of remarkably well-preserved “puppies”—with their skin, fur and stomach contents still intact—from the permafrost in northern Siberia. Nearby, they also ...

Imagine someone digs you up in 15,000 years and discovers what you had for lunch the day that you died. That’s more or less what happened in the northeastern corner of Siberia, thanks to tissue ...

Over the last ten years, strange craters have torn open the icy ground of Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula. These gaping holes, first spotted in 2014, were soon linked to sudden methane explosions triggered ...

Yakutsk isn't a typical tourist destination. It's an extreme environment where humans have adapted to conditions that would ...

Scientists say global warming is making extreme weather events like droughts, wildfires and floods more frequent and intense. — © AFP Patrick T. Fallon Scientists ...

The construction of the second Power of Siberia gas pipeline from Russia to Northern China could take up to 10 years because it involves “tremendous work, jobs and negotiations,” the president of the ...