As India broke away from Madagascar and the larger Gondwana supercontinent, the landmass connecting the two fractured and sank into the newly formed ocean crust. The continent continued to sink ...

Mu is another mythical continent that, according to legend ... According to his stories, Mu was destroyed by tectonic ...

New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner ...

Scientists have been exploring the sea floor off of Australia to unravel the mystery of Zealandia, the 'lost' eighth continent that sank into the sea 23 million years ago. The mostly-submerged ...

Once part of the same land mass as Antarctica and Australia, the lost continent of Zealandia broke off 85 million years ago and eventually sank below the ocean, where it stayed largely hidden for ...