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 ...

Lake Baikal is not just old and deep—it is also one of the most biodiverse lakes on Earth. Its waters have supported millions of years of evolution, allowing unique species to thrive.

The lake's wildlife has many more unique features, including about 2,500 species and sub-species ... a translucent oil-rich fish, the Omul fish, Baikal sturgeon and the microscopic Epischura ...

Naturalist, traveller, explorer, doctor, researcher of the Baikal lake, the Far East and the Kamchatka Peninsula ... Dybowski writes his PhD on sex determination among bees. He discovers a new species ...