I n the icy depths of Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake, a robotic expedition has uncovered stunning geological secrets that were previously hidden beneath the surface ...

Witness the fascinating geography of Lake Baikal, the deepest and one of the oldest freshwater lakes on Earth, located in Siberia, Russia. This video covers its unique formation, incredible depth ...

Listvianka, Russia -- The Baikal Ice Marathon is a standard length marathon: 26 miles long. But there is nothing standard about where those miles are run: across the frozen surface of the deepest ...

A circle in thin ice in Lake Baikal, Russia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 19 crewmember on the International Space Station. Late in April 2009, astronauts […] ...

Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Lake Baikal, a unique, UNESCO-protected ecosystem that holds about 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water, has been called the Galapagos of Russia because it is home to more than 2,000 ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant ...