The Latest Breaking News from Siberia

So-called “zombie fires” in the peatlands of Alaska, Canada and Siberia disappear from the Earth’s surface and smoulder underground during the winter before coming back to life the following spring. These fires puzzle scientists because they appear in early May, way ahead of the usual fire season in the far…

The Batagay megaslump — a 3,250-foot-wide (990 meters) depression in the permafrost in the Russian Far East — is "actively growing" by a massive amount every year, scientists have found.

The languages of the earliest Americans evolved in 4 waves, according to one expert.

Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days.