Witness Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell, a blazing gas crater that has been burning for over 50 years. Learn how this fiery ...

In 1971, a Soviet drilling crew searching for natural gas struck a massive underground pocket in Turkmenistan’s Karakum ...

Scientists on an expedition to find the species, which had never been seen alive, uncovered one hiding in a crevice in the middle of the Karakum Desert.

After vanishing for more than half a century, a mysterious desert-dwelling creature has resurfaced, stunning scientists and ...

A fter 55 years missing from the Karakum Desert, it was suspected that the Turkestan long-eared bat ( Plecotus turkmenicus) ...

Uzbekistan, a central region in the Silk Road and Soviet Union, has long connected “East and West” through major cities like Samarkand, Bukhara and its present-day capital, Tashkent. The contemporary ...

Turkmenistan's Darvaza Gas Crater, famously known as the "Door to Hell," has been burning for 54 years. This fiery spectacle, born from a 1971 Soviet drilling mishap, may soon extinguish naturally.

Turkmenistan will lock horns with Uzbekistan at Stadion Olimpik in the group stage of the CAFA Nations Cup on Tuesday. The Karakum Warriors were eliminated from the group stage in the previous edition ...

For travellers keen on venturing beyond the familiar, Turkmenistan offers a unique land rooted in ancient nomadic traditions, Silk Road history and an abundant natural world. From the rusted dunes of ...

In the heart of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert lies the Darvaza gas crater, often referred to as the 'Door to Hell'. The crater was formed in 1971 when Soviet geologists accidentally collapsed a ...