Scientists do not yet understand what is causing the unusual growth, specialists are planning a six-day expedition to the lake to investigate further. The Baikal omul of the pelagic (Selenga) family, ...

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Lake Baikal in Siberia holds one fifth of the world’s unfrozen fresh water, but its precious fish stocks are disappearing Lake Baikal is undergoing its gravest crisis in recent history, experts say, ...

An earlier version of this story accidentally misnamed ecologist Marina Rikhvanova, a leading environmentalist who received a Green Nobel prize in 2008. Al Jazeera ...

15:09, Wed, Feb 26, 2025 Updated: 15:28, Wed, Feb 26, 2025 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 ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is home to 80,000 seals. They ...

Located in southern Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, Lake Baikal was formed as an ancient rift valley and is home to 3,600 plant and animal ...

Through video tracking and examination of museum specimens, scientists have discovered why Siberia's Lake Baikal seals are thriving when so many other seal populations are suffering from human-caused ...