She wants to show her international visitor the many charms of Siberian beauties. They are the result, she says, of years of mixed marriages by citizens from different republics of the former ...

People view the 12-foot tall amethyst geode from Uruguay hosted at the American Museum of Natural ... [+] History in New York. Thanks to geological surveys and detailed chemical analysis ...

Amethyst is one of the most abundant crystals in the world, but the most prized pieces can cost almost a million dollars. Some of the world's largest amethyst geodes come out of Artigas, Uruguay.

Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of Eurasia. New evidence shows the hefty beast may have eventually died out because it was such a ...

Russian scientists have contained an outbreak of the Siberian plague, a bacterial infection known in the West as anthrax, but they believe global warming will bring back even more pathogens ...

A Russian photographer explores her ancestral ties to a tiny town that has been isolated for centuries—and wants to stay that way. In the cold of March, villagers provide food and warmth to semi ...

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(At one time, amethyst was also considered a precious gem, but large reserves were later found in Brazil, reducing its value.) Precious gems are formed in different ways and composed of different ...

They're not called the “ninja of the forest” for nothing. When night falls, the Siberian flying squirrel glides through the air from tree to tree in the forests of Hokkaido. But when the ...

The trio originally set sail in August to watch whales, according to the local prosecutor's office Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in ...

A Russian man has been rescued after 67 days adrift on a small boat in the bitterly cold Sea of Okhotsk, Russian authorities said Tuesday. The man’s brother and his teenage son died in the ...

She wants to show her international visitor the many charms of Siberian beauties. They are the result, she says, of years of mixed marriages by citizens from different republics of the former ...