Lake Baikal, Russia’s ‘Sacred Sea,’ has been a lifeline for inhabitants of southern Siberia for thousands of years, thanks to its pristine water and rich fauna. The gigantic ancient lake, bigger than ...

Around 130 dead seals have washed up on the shores of Russia's Lake Baikal, authorities said Tuesday, as they launched a probe into the latest problem to hit the world's deepest lake. The Baikal seal ...

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — The Lake Baikal ice was the real star even among a gathering of some of Russia’s hockey greats. The ice in the Siberian UNESCO World Heritage site is famously clear, with cracks ...

This is probably the most heartwarming video you will watch today: a couple of Russian meteorologists & their dog taking care of an abandoned little seal pup so it could gain enough strength to return ...

Russian scientists say they have reached the bottom of the world's deepest body of fresh water - Lake Baikal in Siberia. However, they did not break the record for the deepest freshwater dive, as was ...

The total cost of the Lake Baikal shore protection project in the Slyudyansky municipal district of the city of Baikalsk will amount to about 1 billion rubles, of which it is planned to allocate about ...

Two small, manned submarines reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, on Tuesday, Russian news reports said. The "Mir-1" and "Mir-2" submersibles descended 1.05 miles to ...