Among the most prominent is Bandar-e Anzali, which has been a major port city on the Caspian Sea since the early 19th century. The Caspian Sea is also unique for its unusual salinity, compared to ...

Thirty-eight people were killed when the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed on December 25 near the city of Aktau in ...

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 ...

Two ships ship lie grounded ashore in the Caspian Sea, north of Makhachkala, Russia, Feb. 1, 2005 (AP Photo by Hadzhimurad Zurgalov). Editor’s note: Robert Looney passed away on Dec. 19 ...

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 ...

The "weird" sandy protrusion emerged in the Caspian Sea after a mud volcano erupted in early 2023. An artist's impression of Nasa's Landsat 8 satellite, which snapped the photos of the "ghost ...

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. The findings were recently detailed in a study ...