The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

Lakes, much like mountains, can be ancient geological features. While most lakes are relatively young in geological terms, ...

Lake Baikal, known as the Blue Eye of Siberia or the Pearl of Asia, is the oldest and deepest lake in the world.

In my previous column I described the system of design for icebreaking steamers that was worked out in the 1880s by naval ...

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, boasting a ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

And that’s the world water roundup. We focus this week on another great body of water – this one in Russia, where Siberian authorities have suspended construction of a controversial bottling plant on ...

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Development of the Baikal light airplane continues and three specimens were manufactured, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov said. "The work is also in ...

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...

ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov visited the Abai Region and reviewed the progress of the country’s ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Images of a Baikal seal cub with a “human-like” face went viral after the Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture showed off its cute and friendly resident named Niko ...