Parts of Siberia's landscape are a ticking time bomb. Giant craters started mysteriously appearing 10 years ago. A team of scientists think they finally know why. Tucked away in the frigid northern ...

Scientists offered a new explanation for the huge craters that keep appearing in Siberia. These craters, first spotted in 2012, can be more than 160 feet deep and over 65 feet wide. They may be due to ...

Imagine a gash in the Earth so large you could fit several football stadiums inside it. That's the Batagaika crater for you. This massive thermokarst depression – a fancy term for a giant ...

In recent years, Siberia’s giant exploding craters have left scientists baffled. First spotted in 2012 on the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, these massive, gas-emission craters have become a symbol of ...

YAMAL PENINSULA, Russia — A Russian TV crew flying over the Siberian tundra this summer spotted a massive crater 30 meters (100 feet) deep and 20 meters wide — striking in its size, symmetry and the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian scientists say they believe a 60-meter (66-yard) wide crater discovered recently in far northern Siberia could be the result of changing temperatures in the region. Andrei ...

More such craters could be hiding in plain sight as they can quickly fill up with water and dirt, researchers say ...

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An aerial view taken from a helicopter shows a crater on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. YAMAL PENINSULA, Russia — A Russian TV crew flying over the Siberian tundra this summer spotted a ...