Across continents and civilizations, massive bodies of water have quietly shaped human history. While some call them seas and others name them lakes, these inland waterways continue to influence ...

Twelve million years ago, a collision of continental plates in Central Europe gave rise to more than mountain ranges—it birthed Paratethys, the largest lake Earth has ever known. Spanning millions of ...

With hundreds of thousands of lakes spread across the United States, most of us aren't too far from a body of water perfect for fishing, boating, or swimming. When it comes to the largest lakes in the ...

Unless you’re someone with a deep (pun intended) fascination with the world’s bodies of water, it might be a challenge to fathom just how far down they can go. And, as we all remember learning as ...

In large soda lakes, on the other hand, the phosphorus concentrations are high enough to sustain both the basic chemical reactions and life over the long term. These high concentrations are achieved ...

Bison grazing on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. With hundreds of thousands of lakes spread across the United States, most of us aren’t too far from a body of water perfect for fishing, boating, or ...