Americans may do a double take at the idea of Georgia being a ski destination, but in this case, it's the European country, ...

Glaciers in the South Caucasus are melting faster than in almost any other mountain region on Earth, posing a threat to water security and increasing the risk of natural hazards, according to a new ...

Traveling out of Baku to the Caucasus Mountains, home of Azerbaijan’s Mountain Jews, is both exhilarating and hair-raising – ...

“Socks are key. Dry socks in fact. They’re the most important thing you need to pack,” my guide Giorgi says nonchalantly. “You should never go hiking without an extra pair.” I nod approvingly but ...

Discover the Caucasus Mountains, filmed in Kabardino-Balkaria, a southern Russian republic known for towering peaks and alpine valleys. This footage captures rugged ridges, deep-cut gorges, and the ...

Timed to coincide with the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations Environmental Programme issued a report on major environmental challenges in the Caucasus, outlining the ...

Mt. Elbrus in southern Russia, one of the active volcanoes in the Caucasus Mountains. (Note the prominent flow levees sticking out of the snow cover on the dacite lava flow in the middle of the image.

In the 10th century, an Arab geographer described the Caucasus region as a "mountain of tongues." The nickname has stuck to this day, likely because of how well it captures two of the area's main ...

This month Goygol, a town nestled in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, celebrates its 200th anniversary. Yet this is no ordinary Azerbaijani town. Goygol used to be Helenendorf. And it was ...

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s forces rained artillery fire on Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, and local officials reported that scores of people — both civilians and troops — ...

Krasnaya Polyana is Russia’s answer to Vail or Aspen. It’s the country’s preeminent ski town with three ski complexes, plenty of hotels, and a preponderance of snow. It also happened to be the site of ...

An international research team, coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin, is ...