Lake Baikal in Siberia stands as one of Earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Its staggering depth—reaching over ...

A Lake Older Than Mountains Lakes, like mountains, can last millions of years. However, most lakes are short-lived in ...

Skull and jaw demonstrating the highly specialized, comb-like teeth of the Baikal seal that allow them to expel water while retaining prey during high-speed hunting. This together with their small ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Images of a Baikal seal cub with a “human-like” face went viral after the Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture showed off its cute and friendly resident named Niko ...

The endemic Baikal seals, known in Russia as “nerpa”, are thought to have lived in the lake for the past two million years and are the planet's only exclusively freshwater seal. In winter ...

MOSCOW, July 6. /TASS/. Later this month, a group of Russian scientists will embark upon an expedition to study Baikal seals, or nerpas - a species of freshwater earless seal endemic to Siberia ...

The lake is believed to have been home to the Baikal seal, or nerpa in Russia, for about two million years - the only exclusively freshwater seals in the world. The lake's wildlife has many more ...

Seals range in size from the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 45 kg (99 lb) Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several ...

This extraordinary behaviour is unique to Lake Baikal seals. Expert says that US President Trump might have no option but to U-turn if markets continue to fall. The musician explains a heavy ...