Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's ...

Kazakh ecologists and environmental activists worry that the Caspian Sea’s levels are set to decline further.

In this episode of Modern Nomads, we turn our focus to the Caspian Sea. Shared by five coastal countries — Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan — the regional treasure faces ...

The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and human activity. The post Caspian Sea Shrinks Dramatically, Exposes Seabed in ...

Kazakhstan launches Caspian Sea Research Institute amid environmental crisis In this episode of Modern Nomads, we turn our focus to the Caspian Sea. Shared by five coastal countries — Russia ...

Nasim Bahr Kish, an Iranian firm that holds a controlling stake in Russia's Astrakhan Port, has submitted an offer to acquire the remaining shares, including a 25% stake owned by the Russian state ...

The seal population has increased from about 4,000, considered nearly extinct, in the late 1980s to about 50,000.

In the last few decades, Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the main drivers of this development ...

The new routes include Almaty (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Bucharest (Romania), Madinah (Saudi Arabia), Tbilisi (Georgia) ...