Geological detectives are piecing together an intriguing seafloor puzzle. The Indian Ocean and some of its islands, scientists say, may lie on top of the remains of an ancient continent pulled apart ...

Over two hundred fifty million years ago, India, Africa, Australia, and South America were all one continent called Pangea. Over the next several million years, this giant southern continent proceeded ...

India's lithosphere is only half as thick as others which is the reason for its high speed collision with Eurasia. 50 million years ago the Indian sub-continent collided with the enormous Eurasian ...

A long-lost continent once sitting between India and Madagascar now lies at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, according to a report published Tuesday. Lewis Ashwal, a scientist at the University of ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a long-lost continent that was positioned between India and Madagascar. The revelation came forward after some sections of the Indian Ocean showed areas of ...

Forget Atlantis. Scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, according to a new study. The continent, which geologists call "Mauritia, ...

Melissa Block speaks with Sid Perkins, a freelance writer specializing in earth sciences, about the recent discovery of a "lost microcontinent" submerged beneath the Indian Ocean. Deep underwater, ...