The motorboat cut through the aquamarine water of the Dead Sea, past dazzling-white formations forged from salt crystals. Jake Ben Zaken, the boat captain, pointed to a patch of darker water nearby ...

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a ...

The discovery of salt giants in the Dead Sea—formed from a perfect mixture of conditions in the terminal lake—presents a prime opportunity to study how these geological formations coalesce.

The Dead Sea is ancient. The history of its salty, therapeutic waters goes back to the Bible. But this natural wonder is rapidly drying up - even changing the land around it. NPR's Daniel Estrin took ...

Neurotoxins secreted by the algae Karenia brevis kill marine life including fish, dolphins and manatees Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP Since late June, crews in Pinellas County, Florida ...

Mineral-rich sea salt, mud, water, and crystals from the Dead Sea (the lowest body of water on Earth) show up in the best Dead Sea products, and though they come in many different forms, they all ...