Mediterranean mussels have moved from sporadic sightings to a permanent, reproducing population in the northern Caspian Sea, ...

Russia's use of the Caspian Sea for missile strikes against Ukraine and military exercises is raising concerns about environmental damage. Local residents report increased pollution, dead fish, and a ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea—the world's largest landlocked water body—are getting lower, as hotter temperatures cause more water to evaporate than is flowing in. Even if global warming is limited ...

The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but shrinking. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Russian regulators have expanded a historic no-fishing zone in the Volga-Caspian basin by 1,550 square kilometers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The recent attack by Ukraine of a Russian missile-carrying corvette stationed in the Caspian Sea more than 1,500km away from Kyiv has put the spotlight on this large, often overlooked body of inland ...

The Caspian Sea has lost more than 16,000 square kilometres of its surface area. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warned that the shrinking sea now threatens regional economies, transport ...