Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

With temperatures that hover around the -40° Fahrenheit mark for at least three months of the year, Yakutsk in eastern Siberia claims the title of coldest city in the world. Sure, other places have ...

Despite their isolation, the islands are rich in wildlife. They are designated as an Important Bird Area, home to puffins, auklets and kittiwakes. The surrounding waters are rich with seals, walruses ...

The most complete bear ever recovered from Siberia’s frozen ground looks less like a fossil and more like a sleeping animal ...

If you’ve ever taken the time to look at a globe, you may have deduced that Russia is the largest country on our planet. Stretching across an enormous 6,601,665 square miles, the country’s size has ...

A few weeks ago, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a binding agreement regarding the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 (PoS2) natural gas pipeline. The ...

A quarter century ago, Siberia, the infamous bar run by Tracy Westmoreland, stood as a quintessential Big Apple dive. Known for its hard drinks, cold beer and environs he once lovingly described as an ...

On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though the Earth has blown holes in itself. While the origin story of these ...

Previous research pointed to climate change as the main driver of permafrost explosions in Siberia, but a new study offers a more nuanced explanation. Reading time 2 minutes Looking for one more ...

Once upon a time in Hell’s Kitchen there was a watering hole the size of a family mausoleum, stuffed inside the 1/9 downtown subway at 50th and Broadway. Just before the turnstiles, the space’s single ...

Once completed, the pipeline could supply 50 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually to China from Russia’s Arctic gas fields. Russia and China signed a legally binding memorandum to construct the ...

Russia currently supplies pipeline gas to China via another pipeline Russia’s gas giant Gazprom PJSC has signed a legally binding agreement to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China via ...