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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lake Baikal, the largest and most ancient of freshwater ancient lakes, had its start in the time of the dinosaurs and began to take its modern form well before the appearance of our own lineage, the ...
In 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. Known ...
A study of Baikal seals, which are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia, finds that they consume significant amounts of an amphipod, a freshwater planktonic species, and, although species as small as the ...
Tourists taking photos on the clean ice of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Credit... Supported by By Anton Troianovski Photographs by Sergey Ponomarev Usually it’s foreigners who cavort at the world’s ...
A neutrino-spotting telescope beneath the frozen Lake Baikal in Russia is close to delivering scientific results after four decades of setbacks. Scientists register a light-detecting sphere, one of 36 ...