and 763 marine fish species in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Caspian Sea. Also, some 35,283 species of invertebrates have been identified in the country, out of which more than 32,600 ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

The Caspian Sea is dropping and revealing new islands to the world. In a recent discovery, Russian scientists have confirmed the presence of an emerging island in the world's largest inland body ...

The Caspian Sea’s shallowing is already disrupting marine ecosystems, especially for species like the endangered Caspian seal and sturgeon. Economically, shrinking fish stocks and deteriorating port ...

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

And this isn’t the first time the area has seen shallow waters—according to Podolyako, Caspian Sea water levels fell during the 1930s, 1970s, and the 2010s.

Iran is making “good progress” on its first concerted oil drilling operation in the Caspian Sea in 30 years, a senior energy source who works closely with the Islamic Republic’s Petroleum ...

So far, painted sea robins have only been found in the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago off the western coast of Ecuador, the study said. The fish live in rocky areas, reefs and “sandy patches ...

On the first point, several factors have conspired to keep Iran from focusing on drilling in the Caspian Sea, despite its vast potential resources, but one in particular has prevented it from ...

The world's largest landlocked body of water, the Caspian Sea, is evaporating at an alarming pace. Since the 1990s, its level has fallen by more than 3 metres. With ports drying up, fishing in ...