The Ring of Fire is one of the most iconic geological features in the world. Stretching some 40,000 km along the Pacific ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

As the Atlantic has grown, the Pacific has shrunk ... and that may well be the Indian, or even an ocean that may split Africa and Eurasia." Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week ...

there’s the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans – mingling, reveling, occasionally roiling. But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean.

The world's oceans have been traditionally split into four areas: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans. In recent times though, the Southern or Antarctic Ocean has been recognised as a ...

In the 17th century, the Indian ocean slave trade was arguably on a bigger scale than the Atlantic slave trade. The hub of this vile industry was in modern-day Tanzania, an area that specialized ...

Since our last roundup, another event has started in the Atlantic and a legendary 73-year-old is taking on one of the major ...

In a rare and astonishing event in February 2025, a deep-sea anglerfish—known as the black seadevil—was filmed near the ocean ...