The habitat of one of the world’s cutest endangered animals is being threatened by human-caused climate change. The Caspian seal is the only marine mammal found in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea.

The Department of Environment (DOE) has announced readiness to hold the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to ...

As the annual UN climate conference (COP29) takes place in Baku, RFE/RL presents exclusive coverage of environmental issues that are often underreported from regions that are often overlooked. Asel ...

The unexplained deaths of scores of Caspian seals in Kazakhstan's Manghystau region has raised alarm bells among local authorities and scientists. As of October 29, 289 seal carcasses had been found ...

As the COP29 conference gets underway in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, along the western coast of the Caspian Sea, an environmental tragedy is unfolding along the eastern shore, where hundreds of dead ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — About 2,500 seals have been ...

BAKU (Reuters) -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 ...

ASTANA, November 20. /TASS/. The number of dead seals discovered along the Caspian Sea coast in Kazakhstan has increased significantly and now approaches 2,000, according to the Zhaiyk-Caspian ...

It sustains millions of people, harbors unique species, and sits at the crossroads of global power. But now, the Caspian Sea is receding at a startling rate—leaving behind dry ports, crumbling ...