A striking series of satellite photos shows the brief lifespan of a "ghost island" that emerged and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after an underwater mud volcano blew its top. The fleeting ...

Archaeologists from the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, Italy, along with the Underwater Archaeology Faculty in Tehran, have detailed the findings from the excavation ...

Scientists warn that parts of the northern Caspian could face an Aral Sea-like scenario, while climate change and human water use are adding pressure on the region. The Caspian Sea is the largest ...

Beneath the Caspian Sea lies a mysterious sunken city often called the Atlantis of the Caspian Sea. Archaeologists and explorers are uncovering secrets of this ancient site, revealing its history and ...

MAZANDARAN, IRAN—Phys.org reports that a wooden shipwreck discovered in Iran on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea has been studied by a team of researchers from the International Association for ...

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 ...

Louisiana-based C&C Technologies has wrapped up a seabed survey using its autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for UK supermajor BP in the Caspian Sea, it said today. C& C said it had finished the ...