January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees. Instead of ice choking the Moscow River and the biting cold of the “moroz” – the hard freeze that stings the face -- the capital’s sidewalks are bare,

Siberia, with its long, brutal winters, has been a favorite spot for Russian leaders to send convicts for labor-camp sentences for the past four to five centuries. There are large expanses of wilderness in Siberia, and around Novosibirsk, where the locals point to a lack of mountains to keep Arctic winds at bay.

Greenlanders share a common language with some of Siberias indigenous peoples Vitaly Milonov has argued The Danish autonomous territory

Clashes with Russia over northern territories is a constant in the history of the past centuries. But today there is no rush of Heilongjiang province residents to seek a home in Siberia at a

As always, Nadya Tolokonnikova came to make some noise. At the Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles, the founder of the Russian-born arts collective Pussy Riot opened a new exhibition called “Punk’s Not Dead” with a Saturday performance of her new noise band,

Temperatures dipped to 5 degrees in Evansville early Monday morning, and the wind chill reached minus-6 degrees.

At 9 a.m. Monday, it was 26 degrees in Barrow, over 20 degrees warmer than in Howell. Siberia, with its long, brutal winters, has been a favorite spot for Russian leaders to send convicts for ...

For decades, Earth’s magnetic north pole has been slowly drifting across the Arctic, but recent shifts in its path have caught the attention of scientists—and those who rely on precise navigation systems.

Russian nuclear submarines patrol the Arctic seas, while a growing fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers projects Kremlin power across the region. China and Russia have conducted joint military drills in the Arctic. Beijing is also seeking access to valuable minerals beneath the ice.

Russia's legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on rivers and lakes are all unwelcome signs of climate change, according to plant scientists and meteorologists.