As humans deplete its water source and climate change accelerates, the Dead Sea is drying up, leaving salt formations and sinkholes in its wake.

They can be a life-threatening disaster—or a pricey nuisance. Here’s what you need to know about the depressions and holes ...

At the break of dawn on a recent Friday, a dozen or so people gathered in the chilly morning air at the lowest point on Earth. Wrapped in warm sweaters and kitted out in hiking boots, the small group ...

Deep in the South China Sea, scientists from Chinese marine research institutes, including the First Institute of Oceanography, have been exploring a vast underwater sinkhole known as the “Dragon Hole ...