Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. By 2015 most of that shiny surface was reduced to a hauntingly barren expanse, ...

From the Caspian Sea to Lake Huron, here's a list of the top 8 largest lakes in the world The Caspian Sea (386,400 square km) is the world's largest lake by both volume and surface area.

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

One classic example is the Aral Sea. Once one of the largest lakes in the world, it has shrunk to only a fraction of its size. “In 2016, this lake was less than 10 percent of its previous extent in ...

The harbor seals of Alaska’s Iliamna Lake, which make up one of only five freshwater seal populations in the world, have long been a subject of fascination for their separateness from the seals that ...