Once cut off from the seas and dried into a salt desert, the Red Sea was reborn 6.2 million years ago by a massive flood that carved its modern shape and restored life to its waters.

Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque as it is today. It was barely even a sea; tectonic activity had raised a mountain range in the Strait of Gibraltar, cutting ...

KAUST researchers discovered that the Red Sea experienced a massive disruption 6.2 million years ago, completely transforming ...

A new study has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis -- a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into a ...

London — A routine oil and gas survey by an energy firm has uncovered cargo from the remains of what is believed by archaeologists to be the oldest and deepest shipwreck ever discovered in the ...

As sea temperatures in the Mediterranean continue to reach new record highs, scientists are offering ominous warnings of the severe climate issues that could be up ahead. In a press release from ...

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken ...