The population of omul, a Baikal white fish, was one of the species that suffered from water-level manipulation. Omul stocks declined so severely that all commercial fishing was banned in 2017.

Baikal hosted a hockey match on March 8 called the “Last Game,” intended to bring awareness of climate change and also about how to safeguard the lake itself, with its unique ecosystem.

Witness the fascinating geography of Lake Baikal, the deepest and one of the oldest freshwater lakes on Earth, located in Siberia, Russia. This video covers its unique formation, incredible depth ...

Lake Baikal, a unique, UNESCO-protected ecosystem that holds about 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water, has been called the Galapagos of Russia because it is home to more than 2,000 ...

The Voice of Russia reports, "The Siberian Federal District reported 52 forest fires on an area of 53,644.1 hectares (132,557 acres) as of Thursday morning, the district department of the Federal ...

Russian scientists have deployed a giant telescope into the frigid depths of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia to search for the tiniest known particles in the universe. The telescope, Baikal-GVD ...

It's an unusual experience." Called "For Clean Baikal," the relay, which took 18 hours and finished in the early hours of Wednesday, aimed to draw attention to pollution of Lake Baikal.

The Olympic flame plunged into Lake Baikal on Saturday. A man with a jetpack then carried it above the lake to shore. A Sochi 2014 group dived about 40 feet into the world’s oldest and deepest ...

Russian scientists have deployed a giant telescope into the frigid depths of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia to search for the tiniest known particles in the universe. The telescope, Baikal-GVD ...