The ecological crisis unfolding in the Caspian Sea has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges in Eurasia, affecting Azerbaijan, ...

Caviar is a delicacy so storied that a single mother of pearl spoonful can turn an ordinary evening into something memorable ...

Join me as I fly on Silkway West's B747-8 Freighter from Baku, Azerbaijan to Amsterdam, transporting 120 tons of cargo with a takeoff weight exceeding 400 tons. The flight features a tour of the cargo ...

It’s traditional to eat certain foods at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to ensure good luck in the coming year. This lucky food varies from country to country. Cubans eat twelve grapes. In ...

Join me on a flight aboard the Silkway West Boeing 747-8 Freighter from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Amsterdam. This aircraft is fully loaded, carrying 120 tons of cargo with a takeoff weight exceeding 400 ...

Simon Goodman has provided advice to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Caspian seal conservation, and in the past has conducted research and advised oil and gas companies in the ...

Rapid falls in the level of the Caspian Sea are affecting ports and oil shipments and threatening to inflict catastrophic damage on sturgeon and seal populations, according to Azerbaijani officials.

A Kazakhstani regional governor is seeking Chinese aid to revive his area’s caviar industry. Nurdaulet Kilybay, the governor of the southwestern Kazakhstan region of Mangystau, which borders the ...

Ukraine has hit a Russian cargo ship alleged to be carrying Iranian weapons, in a drone attack on a Russian Caspian Sea port. The 5,200-dwt multipurpose ship Port Olya-4 (bult 2014) was struck in the ...

Energy and trade on the Caspian Sea remain very important for the region’s, and even the world’s, growth and prosperity. The Caspian region, a vital geopolitical crossroads and emerging trade artery, ...

Aktau, Kazakhstan – During his childhood, Adilbek Kozybakov’s mother always kept a jar of sturgeon caviar in the fridge. Each day, she would spoon it on small pieces of bread and butter for him and ...

A team of researchers discovered a new island in the Caspian Sea using space images. Cyclical sea changes, climate change, and shifting tectonic plates may all be reasons that the isle has breached ...