Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part of ...

There’s a spot on the shoreline from where Azamat Sarsenbayev used to jump into the brackish, blue-green Caspian Sea. Only a decade later, it now overlooks bare, stony ground stretching toward the ...

Imagine walking along a coastline where the sea once lapped at your feet just twenty years ago, only to find nothing but barren sand stretching for miles. This isn't science fiction – it's the stark ...

On the southwestern corner of the Caspian Sea, near the land borders of Turkmenistan and Iran, there’s a curious strip of sand known as Ogurja Ada Island. And while the island might not look like much ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research has found. Urgent action is needed to protect endangered ...

On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8432 crashed, killing 38 people. Preliminary reports suggest the plane was shot at by Russian air defenses, forcing it to deviate from its planned ...