While Lake Baikal's remote location may seem inhospitable, the colossal water reserve supports a remarkable range of life, including 1,500–1,800 animal species, hundreds of plant species ...

Naturalist, traveller, explorer, doctor, researcher of the Baikal lake ... He discovers a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchipus grubii), while his dissertation on Livonian fish from the Cyprinidae ...

Russian Agriculture Ministry has banned the commercial and sport fishing for the Baikal omul [Coregonus migratorius], an endangered delicacy whitefish species that makes habitat in Lake Baikal and ...

The water in Lake Baikal is among the purest in the world. The ecosystem contains hundreds of unique species. The city of Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia is famous for its historic homes, adorned with ...