Lake Baikal, located in the heart of Siberia, holds a secret beneath its waters that rivals the depths of the oceans. At ...

Baikal also features 160 species of aquatic earthworm not found anywhere else on Earth, as well as 15 species of sponge, which can grow in such densities in some places that the lake floor can look ...

Baikal-GVD is about half the size of the largest neutrino detector on Earth, the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, which consists of the same type of light-sensing modules as Baikal-GVD ...