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Siberian gold miners accidentally find ancient woolly rhino mummy with horn and soft tissues still intact

Mummified woolly rhino discovered by miners in Russia's Sakha Republic to be fully excavated in the coming months, as researchers begin studying its intact horn.

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Perfectly preserved woolly mammoth DNA uncovered in Siberia could help resurrect species, scientists say

Discovery offers unprecedented insight into the genetic makeup of animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago

The Independent UK

Methane 'kitchens' in Siberia's permafrost form mounds that can erupt, creating giant craters

A buildup of methane and other fluids in open and closed "systems" in the permafrost could explain why strange, icy mounds sometimes erupt to form giant crater, researchers say.

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3D Genome Extracted From 'Freeze-dried' Woolly Mammoth

About 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so frigid that it spontaneously freeze-dried, locking its DNA fragments into place.

International Business Times

16 best places to see the 2026 total solar eclipse

Here are 16 of the best places to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. The eclipse will be visible from remote Russian Siberia to eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain.

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Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims

Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.

LiveScience

Stunning photos show 44,000-year-old mummified wolf discovered in Siberian permafrost

Scientists perform necropsy on an ancient wolf pulled from Russian permafrost that may still have prey in its stomach.

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32 fun facts about Siberian forest cats

With their winter-proof triple coats and friendly personalities are just a few fun facts about Siberian forest cats.

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Why Zombie Fires In The Arctic Just Won’t Die

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Zombie fires in the Arctic smoulder underground and refuse to die – what’s causing them?

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 Conversation

Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' is growing a staggering amount each year

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.

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1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from Siberia, linguist argues

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

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Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen

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

Al Jazeera

Kazakhstan And Russia Battle Huge Floods

Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, as cities braced for a new peak in the southern Urals and western Siberia.

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Cities In Russian Urals, West Siberia Brace For Worst Floods In Decades

The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen in decades, as officials evacuated locals to escape rising rivers in the Urals and western Siberia.

International Business Times

Water Level In Russia's Orsk 'Critical' As Kremlin Warns Of More Floods

A major flood in the Russian city of Orsk forced thousands of people to evacuate, with Moscow reporting a "critical" situation Sunday and warning of danger water levels in Siberia.

LiveScience

Underwater robot in Siberia's Lake Baikal reveals hidden mud volcanoes — and an active fault

Video cameras mounted on an autonomous underwater robot captured footage of cracks associated with mud volcanism close to a potentially active fault on the shores of Lake Baikal.

The Guardian - UK

‘My father buried his friends in minus-40 Siberia’: director Hirokazu Kore-eda on trauma and childhood

The maker of Shoplifters and I Wish talks about Monster, his dark new film about our dangerously fragmented world – and the movie he’s planning about his dad, who endured horrors as a PoW in Russia

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Russia's Shipyard Workers Brave Freezing Cold in Siberia

Discover the incredible resilience of Siberian shipyard workers as they face freezing temperatures in their quest to build ships in this challenging enviro...

Al Jazeera

‘We are obliged to end the war’: A new Russian unit fights for Ukraine

The Siberian Battalion features a diverse set of fighters who risk Russia’s wrath by joining the ‘enemy’.

The Guardian - UK

Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn

Threat of outbreak from microbes trapped in permafrost for millennia raised by increased Siberian shipping activity

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Mystery of Siberia's giant exploding craters may finally be solved

Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.

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