Nov 19th, 2008 · The woolly mammoth is the first extinct mammal to have its DNA sequence deciphered. Scientists used hair that was found frozen in the Siberian permafrost, some for tens of thousands of years.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware, the second album from Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter Alina Simone, is utterly haunting. With bare-bones arrangements and Simone's powerful, poignant vocals at the forefront, the record burns through a collection of songs by Siberian punk-folk singer, Yanka Dyagileva, with cathartic fervor. Though the lyrics are in Russian, the emotions are raw and easily felt.
Feb 21st, 2008 · Almost two months after a teenager was killed by a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo, the lions and tigers have finally been let outside and are back on public display Thursday. This time, they're in an enclosure with much higher walls, protective glass and 800-volt electrified wires.
Dec 26th, 2007 · The San Francisco Zoo was closed Wednesday as police swept the zoo grounds after a tiger escaped Christmas Day, killing a 17-year-old and mauling two others. The Siberian tiger was shot and killed by police officers.
Dec 26th, 2007 · Investigators are trying to determine how a Siberian tiger escaped its enclosure at the San Francisco zoo on Christmas Day. Zoo officials are still uncertain how long the tiger, which last year badly mauled a zookeeper, got loose before it was finally shot dead.
Sep 18th, 2006 · Environmental experts in Russia say global warming is melting the permafrost and forming new lakes in Siberia's vast frozen tundra. Previously frozen methane gas is being released into the atmosphere, potentially compounding the problem.
Jun 17th, 2005 · There's good news for the Siberian tiger. A new survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society finds the population of the endangered species is more or less stable, at about 530 adults and cubs. That's not many, but it's about the same as 10 years ago.