Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, known for its vastness and ecological importance to ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Lake Victoria is so massive that it is shared by three countries, has a larger surface area than many countries, and is home ...

Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River and one of the cleanest in the world. All of the lake's entire 5.56 cubic miles of water is flushed every 2.2 ...

The lake's shoreline stretches over 2,000 miles and it is home to around 1,000 islands, some of which are inhabited.

Topping the list of Canada’s huge lakes is Lake Superior. Shared with the United States, the lake covers over 82,100 square ...

Scientists have confirmed the world’s largest underground thermal lake, known as Neuron lake, inside a cave in southern ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Taihu Lake, the country's third-largest freshwater lake in the lower Yangtze River region, has seen its water reach fairly good quality for the first time in the past 30 years ...

A mix of human activity and environmental problems is threatening the largest lakes in the world, experts say, which is diminishing their water supplies, biodiversity and economic vitality.

Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by surface area, is bordered by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The key threats identified to species were pollution, overfishing, agriculture ...