Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body of water boasts more than just its colossal size.

World's largest lake could fit all North America's Great Lakes inside with room to spare Imagine a vast lake that could easily engulf the combined water of all the Great Lakes in North America and ...

Iliamna Lake harbor seals, members of one of the world's five freshwater seal populations, rest on the ice surface of Alaska's biggest lake in this undated photo.

You can find five of the world's top 10 largest lakes in North America. But one overseas inland body takes the crown for biggest lake in the world.

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon.

It has taken longer than usual for ice to form on Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, which is typically covered in ice thick enough for vehicles to drive on it.

Ice-out on Lake Minnetonka is “is a highly anticipated event,” said Freshwater spokesman Chris O’Brien, who joined the water patrol for an excursion Monday.

Want to catch a freshwater fish over 100 pounds? Learn where, when, and how to catch lake sturgeon in Wisconsin, Minnesota & Michigan.

The size of lakes is measured by square miles of surface area. Based on this, the Caspian Sea, with a surface area of 143,000 square miles, is by far the largest lake in the world. Its shores ...

Furthermore, ice loss both results in increased evaporation of lake water -- which over time could decrease the surrounding community's access to freshwater -- and potentially exposes those living ...