Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A picture taken by an underwater vehicle of a fragment of mud volcano at the bottom of Lake Baikal. A robot deployed to the bottom ...

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 ...

As we entered the train yards of Irkutsk, another of the industries of Siberia became obvious. Train car after car was full of raw and finished wood. The area close to the tracks appeared more ...

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 ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite takes us over southern Siberia and the world’s largest freshwater lake: Lake Baikal. Imaged on 14 March 2017, this deep lake is covered by ice. The entire lake is ...

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 ...

A group of Russians completed an icy swim across Lake Baikal in Siberia on Wednesday in an effort to draw attention to ecological threats facing the world's largest freshwater lake. The four men and ...

Reporting from Irkutsk, Russia — There are days when renowned Russian ecological crusader Marina Rikhvanova feels like an endangered species. She has gotten used to a certain amount of ambient ...