Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

The term ‘blood-red lake’ often evokes images of horror or supernatural occurrences, but the truth behind Lake Baikal’s deep, ...

Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater ...

Lake Baikal, at the start of the Angara River, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1980s. Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in Asia ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

And that’s the world water roundup. We focus this week on another great body of water – this one in Russia, where Siberian authorities have suspended construction of a controversial bottling plant on ...

Fridays for Future organized a campaign against deforestation around Baikal. Many young people then took photos with posters ...

ST. PETERSBURG, June 17. /TASS/. Lake Baikal should be the epitome of Russian ecotourism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF ...

There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the ...

Former Chelsea teacher Geo Rutherford combines art, science, and spooky lake tales to captivate millions on TikTok. Photo ...

You say that Lake Baikal in Eastern Russia is one of the spookiest lakes out there. Why? “It's the oldest and deepest lake in the world: 25 million years old and over 5,000 feet deep ...