One of Earth's most interesting natural features, the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on the planet, defying conventional classifications to be both a sea and a lake. Situated ...

From the Caspian Sea to Lake Huron, here's a list of the top 8 largest lakes in the world The Caspian Sea (386,400 square km) is the world's largest lake by both volume and surface area.

Due to climate change and other factors, water levels are plummeting. Learn what could help and why it’s so important to ...

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 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 ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

Zebra mussels are small, fingernail-sized mussels native to the Caspian Sea region of Asia. They were discovered in Lake St. Clair (part of the Great Lakes) near Detroit in 1988. They are tolerant ...

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery. | Credit: NASA Earth ...