The planet's largest and deepest freshwater lake is also its oldest. In fact, Lake Baikal is unique. Its sapphire-blue waters ...

At over 27 miles long, with 187 miles of shoreline, Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the ...

Explore the largest lakes in the world, including lake names, surface areas, and bordering countries. From the Caspian Sea ...

The biggest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea at 149,200 square miles. Straddling Europe and Asia, this inland salt lake borders Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.

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.

BOLSHIYE KOTY, RUSSIA — The world's oldest, deepest and biggest freshwater lake is growing warmer, dirtier and more crowded. Lyubov Izmestieva is charting these insidious changes. Marina ...

Discover Lake Superior, the USA's largest lake by surface area, part of the Great Lakes system. Learn about its immense size, ...

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. Their ability to live in an ice ...

More than half of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the last three decades, according to a new study, which pins the blame largely on climate ...

The researchers used satellite measurements of nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs, which together represent 95% of Earth’s total lake water storage.

The Great Lakes, which comprise five of the country's largest lakes and the biggest freshwater system in the world, include shipping channels crucial to the U.S. and Canada.