1961’s Alekseyev SM-1 Was a Precursor to the Famous Caspian Sea Monster. Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025. Pictured here, the Alekseyev SM-1 was an incredible first-of-its-kind ...

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, but they haven't managed to ...

The Caspian Sea is about as strange as a body of water gets. Its surface still sits 27.5 meters (90 feet) ... Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily.

Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews' newest book, Caspian: The Elements, takes the reader on a meandering journey through oil-rich central Asia following traces of natural elements such as fire, gas ...

In the late 1960s, the Caspian Sea Monster was a Soviet hybrid of plane and boat (called an ekranoplan). Now a Singaporean company is continuing its legacy with the AirFish ground-effect vehicle.

Leaders of five Caspian Sea nations signed an agreement that aims to settle a longstanding dispute over ownership of oil and gas reserves on the landlocked body of water.

Caspian Sea ferry. The couple were onboard the Caspian Sea ferry, ... Pictured: The British island named one of the best places to travel in 2025 with secret beaches and hidden gems; ...

Here are five facts about the inland sea whose legal status has been the subject of fraught negotiations for over two decades since the Soviet Union's collapse.

An explosion rocked the Caspian Sea on Sunday, with an Azerbaijan oil company stating the cause was due to a "natural burning mud volcano." The blast is reported to have taken place around six ...

Caspian Sea is China's best bet for Belt and Road . Kazakhstan-to-Greece route aligns Beijing's land and maritime strategies. Tristan Kenderdine. September 14, 2017 11:00 JST.

The five countries bordering the Caspian Sea have agreed a framework treaty in Iran aimed at halting further damage to the sea's fragile environment. The United Nations-sponsored deal involving ...

Soviet engineering is often considered simplistic but effective - yet this beast of a boat-plane hybrid was anything but. The KM, dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster by US Intelligence services, was a ...