The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and ... Soviet military’s Microbiological Warfare Group. Thousands of animals were shipped to the island, where they were subjected to anthrax ...

Barsa-Kelmes, a former island in the now dried-up Aral Sea on the border between Kazakhstan ... Although Barsa-Kelmes' otherworldly creatures haven't been proven to exist, many real species ...

Samarkand Climate Forum, Karakalpakstan introduced the Aral Culture Summit to spotlight recovery, history, and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea.