It had rained the night before and the rouge pathways that serve as roads on Lake Baikal’s largest island were a sloppy, muddy mess. A van in front of us filled with Chinese tourists — one of a dozen ...

Lake Baikal, in southern Siberia, is no ordinary body of water. More than 25 million years old, the lake people call the “Blue Eye of Siberia” is the world’s oldest, deepest and largest freshwater ...

Lake Baikal in Siberia stands unmatched in age, depth, and biodiversity. Formed by ancient tectonic shifts, it holds ...

The strange ice rings of Lake Baikal in Siberia appear to form as a result of warm clockwise currents of water under the surface, scientists have said. The discovery goes some way to explaining the ...

Once a hidden gem in the heart of Siberia, Lake Baikal has become a top tourist hotspot, attracting millions of visitors each year. The lake offers a range of activities, from relaxing cruises to ...

Russian authorities say Western sanctions have made it impossible to implement their plan to remove toxic waste from the watershed of Lake Baikal. The proposed solution: a cheaper method that a ...

The oldest and deepest lake in the world is under threat from toxic mudflows after severe flooding in the Russian region of Siberia, environmental campaigners have warned. Lake Baikal—located in a ...

The titanic debate over a Siberian lake that's led thousands of Russians to call on the Hollywood star to #saveourbaikal. 1 Lake Baikal is a crescent-shaped body of water in the heart of Siberia that ...

This article was written as part of the Train to Copenhagen project, aimed at raising awareness of climate change in advance of the climate talks in Denmark in December. For more information about the ...

Wearing nothing but a bathing suit, a swimming cap and an underwater mask, the 40-year-old woman plunged into a carved-out section of a frozen Siberian lake, before diving under the ice to swim in ...

Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island are sacred places to the indigenous Buryat people, and the totems of their shamanistic Buddhist faith are found all over the island. Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is ...