Palaeontologists lift a "rare" mammoth skull out of its resting place in France and move it to a museum.

The fossilised skull of an "extremely rare" steppe mammoth has been discovered in southern France.

A new primary school and cultural centre opens in Stepps as part of North Lanarkshire's school building programme.

International conservationists warn of a catastrophic decline in the wildlife of the Mongolian steppe, in a new report.

Approximately £140m is to be spent improving the A80 Glasgow to Stirling trunk road from Stepps to Haggs.

Vast areas of barren windswept Kazakh steppe hardly seem like a recipe for agricultural success. But the village of Prirechnoye appears to have bucked the trend.

St Johnstone stepp up the pressure on the leaders with a well-deserved win.

Sharks are born in the Kazakh capital - in what may be the world's most remote aquarium.

The nomadic tradition of hunting with eagles is being revived in Kazakhstan.

The great bustard is back in Britain after 30 chicks arrived from the Russian steppes on Monday.

Throat-singing rock band Yat-Kha take their London audience to their native Siberian steppes with a magic performance.

Twenty-four migrants are on their way home after surviving freezing conditions on the Kazakh steppes.

Producer Tim Whewell explains why women are at the centre of change in Mongolian society. Women are taking the lead in building the nation.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia has been going through a dramatic transition, with the role of women just starting to be addressed.

The commander of the Mir space station, and a Slovak crewman have returned safely to earth, landing on the Kazakh steppe.

Devastating forest fires - aided by dry weather and strong winds - are continuing to ravage vast areas of Russia's taiga - the deep coniferous forests between the steppes and arctic tundra of the Russian far northeast.