Soar over Mount Damavand, Iran’s iconic stratovolcano and the highest peak in Western Asia at 5,609 meters. This UNESCO-listed natural monument is renowned for its symmetrical cone, snow-capped summit ...

THE revolution that is changing the face of Asia today is fundamentally a continuation of what has been the basic impulse of the East for the last 150 years: the impulse to catch up in power and ...

Genomic analysis has revealed that the western honeybee – which lives across Europe, Africa and Asia – first evolved in western Asia. Understanding the evolution of honeybees can help us protect these ...

Grapes used to make common European wines may have originated from grapevines that were first domesticated in the South Caucasus region of western Asia. As these domesticated grapes dispersed ...