Russia on Saturday took the Olympic flame into its scenic lake Baikal, the world's deepest body of fresh water, in the latest dramatic torch relay ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. State television ...

Researchers are studying the impact of climate change and environmental toxins on the lake's fauna. They addressed the question of how Baikal amphipods that fulfill important ecological functions in ...

A team of Chinese scientists plans to build the world’s largest underwater neutrino telescope and help uncover the origin of cosmic radiation. While the site has not been decided, a favoured location ...

They were uprooted for decades and kept from practicing their cultural traditions. Now Buryat shamanism is blossoming once again at Lake Baikal - the Sacred Sea, as it is called in Siberia. Juri ...

The Baikal seal, known locally as nerpa, is found only in the vast Siberian lake Dmitry Kokh has been on a mission to photograph Baikal seals, found only in the world’s deepest lake, in Siberia. In ...

Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector: Why in News? On March 13, 2021, the Russian scientists launched a deep underwater telescope in Lake Baikal. It is called the Baikal-Gigaton Volume Detector. Purpose of ...

This vast body of water, found in Siberia, holds a huge number of world records, including being the deepest lake in the world and covering an area larger than several countries. Russia’s Lake Baikal ...