The Great Lakes are a prominent feature of the North American landscape, but Russia holds the distinction of having the "World's Great Lake." Called the "Pearl of Siberia" or the "Sacred Sea" by...

Lake Baikal (Russian: о́зеро Байка́л, pronounced [ˈozʲɪrə bʌjˈkɑl], Buryad: Байгал нуур) is in Southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the...

One in an occasional series Of all Siberia's treasures, the greatest must be Lake Baikal, a wonder of nature. Baikal takes the breath away. Even the statistics about Baikal take the breath away. But Baikal is in grave danger, threatened by human stupidity...

A Russian-American volunteer team was sent to Lake Baikal, Russia, to formulate a sustainable development plan for the lake and the taiga forest surrounding it. The team was also charged to develop a fire management system and commercial timber-harvest plans. Two members of...

Attackers dressed in dark clothes and wielding metal pipes raided a camp of environmental protesters in Siberia early Saturday, leaving one dead and several injured, a spokeswoman for the local administration said.Eight demonstrators were hospitalized after the attack, one of whom later died from his...

A top travel magazine has honored the work of a Siberian biologist, Marina Rikhvanova, who opposed construction of an oil pipeline near Lake Baikal, the world's largest body of fresh water. Conde Nast Traveler magazine feted Rikhvanova Oct. 16 at...