Lake Baikal stands as nature's most remarkable freshwater laboratory, offering scientists a unique window into climate ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the eerily balanced “Zen stones” that perch on pillars of ice on Siberia’s ...

A group of Russians completed an icy swim across Lake Baikal in Siberia on Wednesday in an effort to draw attention to ecological threats facing the world's largest freshwater lake. The four men and ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite takes us over southern Siberia and the world’s largest freshwater lake: Lake Baikal. Imaged on 14 March 2017, this deep lake is covered by ice. The entire lake is ...

Lake Baikal in Siberia is a natural wonder unlike any other. Formed by shifting tectonic plates, it holds 20% of the world’s ...

A gorgeous photo of frozen methane bubbles trapped in ice within the deepest lake on earth has gone viral. The picture— taken by photographer Kristina Makeeva and also shared by NASA—shows bubbles of ...

The strange ice rings of Lake Baikal in Siberia appear to form as a result of warm clockwise currents of water under the surface, scientists have said. The discovery goes some way to explaining the ...

Lake Baikal, located north of Mongolia in Russia, is thought to be the deepest and most ancient lake in the world. People have lived around Lake Baikal for about 40,000 years - since the Upper ...

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 across ...

It had rained the night before and the rouge pathways that serve as roads on Lake Baikal’s largest island were a sloppy, muddy mess. A van in front of us filled with Chinese tourists — one of a dozen ...

The titanic debate over a Siberian lake that's led thousands of Russians to call on the Hollywood star to #saveourbaikal. 1 Lake Baikal is a crescent-shaped body of water in the heart of Siberia that ...