Once among the world’s largest lakes, the Aral Sea has almost vanished due to massive Soviet irrigation schemes; this documentary examines the environmental damage, the impact on surrounding ...

Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ecological change. A series of seven opening maps chronologically establishes the dramatic ...

Unwrap the world of art and gift a digital-only subscription to The Art Newspaper In a corner of Uzbekistan, close to the ...

China lost its grasslands; we are losing the Aravallis. A deep dive into the global history of environmental collapse and why ...

This fall, Bukhara hosted Central Asia’s first major international art exhibition, the Bukhara Biennial, with goals ...

Imagine a body of water so vast that fishermen once sailed for hours without seeing land, where waves crashed against busy ...

Alexander the Great's empire spanned much of the known world, but historians are still debating whether he knew about the ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea ...

Entering text into the input field will update the search result below Entering text into the input field will update the search result below ...

Tiny sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, shaped seagrass meadows for 20 million years, offering clues for protecting dugongs.

A massive fossil site in Qatar has uncovered the world’s richest sea cow bonebed and a new species, Salwasiren qatarensis.