But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

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

A 35-mile-long fissure in East Africa signals the continents gradual separation, leading to the formation of a new ocean in ...