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 ...

Shifting water levels and sand erosion along the coast of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, revealed the top of a ship in fall 2003, according to a study published Dec. 16 in the peer ...

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 ...

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 ...