Based in Almaty, the institute has long been at the forefront of Caspian seal research. Scientists at the institute conduct ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon. A temporary island formed off the coast of Azerbaijan and disappeared, all within a couple of years. The island, created by a mud volcano ...

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 ...

The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest ... a football pitch and a heliport. Documentary filmmaker Marc Wolfensberger visited the rig in the late 1990s, before making his ...

The island was spotted by satellite in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, NASA says. NASA photo Like some sort of modern Atlantis, a “ghost” island has largely ...