where the Cauvery flows into the Bay of Bengal and which has elaborate mentions in the Sangam literature and Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. (A Periplus is a manuscript that lists the ports and ...

This includes around 1,200 texts in total. The first to be completed is the Periplus of the Red Sea, a little-known 1st-century AD geographical work, translated into modern Greek by Professor ...

Latnija cave discoveries show Mesolithic humans crossed 100 km of sea to reach Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby.

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

A routine surf session in Southern California turned into a harrowing ordeal between surfer RJ LaMendola and a sea lion that chased him down and bit him. "It had this look in its eye that it didn ...

A team of Earth scientists affiliated with Peking University and the Southern University of Science and Technology, both in ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers from the ...