Unlike other seals, which travel through rivers, Baikal seals evolved entirely within the lake. The lake is also home to hundreds of freshwater shrimp species, providing a rare opportunity to ...

Over 330 rivers and streams flow into the lake ... sheep and horses on the eastern side of the lake. Baikal is now of such importance that UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1996.

While oceans are impressive, there is something peaceful yet mysterious about lakes that keep us coming back for more.

Located in southern eastern Siberia, Russia, Lake Baikal holds the title of world's deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 5,315 feet. It's also one of the Earth's oldest freshwater lakes ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels ... have been done on their presence in Russia’s lakes and rivers. A team of researchers from Moscow State University ...

This boat drops off passengers at a small station of the Circum-Baikal Railway on the opposite shore. At the mouth of the Angara River, where the immense waters of Lake Baikal flow out ...

Water level in Baikal is regulated by the Irkutsk hydropower plant on the River Angara outflowing from Lake Baikal. Experts say the lake’s shallowing may carry such threats as losses in ...

Romanian Cosmin Crăciun drove approximately 26,000 kilometers from Buzău, southern Romania, to Yakutsk, Russia, the coldest ...

They study animal organisms from the Ussuri River. Once they’re back by the shores of Lake Baikal, they examine the fauna from adjacent lakes and the Angara River. The Russian Geographical Society and ...