Scientists have uncovered what appears to be the scattered remains of an ancient continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean.

In April 1942, as Japanese forces advanced across Southeast Asia, a powerful carrier fleet entered the Indian Ocean with ...

The third-largest ocean on the planet, the Indian Ocean stretches from Asia on its northern side, to Australia on its east, Africa to its west, and Antarctica at its south. Though the ocean has ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor just ...

Subhasish Sarangi’s book will serve as a good primer on India’s attempts to counter China in the Indian Ocean. Some of the book’s main conclusions are as follows: While it is inevitable that China ...

The Indian Ocean is the only ocean named after a country, India. Learn how the Indian Ocean was given its title and also get into science-backed facts about its unique warm waters, monsoon currents, ...

WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom is on the cusp of returning one of its last colonies to its native inhabitants, but national security experts say the move could have dire consequences for the US, ...

An Indian experiment module fell out of space and crashed into the Indian Ocean in recent days, just months after launching into orbit, but it wasn't because of a failure, Indian space officials said.

Shallow earthquakes are generally more dangerous, resulting in stronger ground shaking and potentially more damage ...

Andrew King receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship and Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather) and the National Environmental Science Program. As spring in ...