Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.

A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

Prime Minister Modi announced India’s new MAHASAGAR policy from Mauritius, just as he had unveiled the SAGAR policy 10 years ...

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power ...

A severe marine heatwave in the Indian Ocean off WA has caused the coral bleaching. In some places, surface temperatures up to 4°C warmer than usual have been recorded. Hotter temperatures aren ...

Nearly 11 years after the unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a new search for the wreckage has begun in the Indian Ocean, Australian media reported on Tuesday.

A map showing the new search area ... MH370 have been found when they washed ashore on islands in the western Indian Ocean. Despite prior searches being unsuccessful in locating the flight's ...

PETALING JAYA: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished 11 years ago, has resumed in the Indian Ocean. Reports from Australian and British media on Tuesday (Feb 25 ...

An ocean-rowing event manager is to row 5,500 miles across the Indian Ocean within 100 days to remember his friend who died after living with early onset Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD).

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

During a joint missile operation on Tuesday, the Iranian Navy and the IRGC Aerospace Force hit naval targets in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean. The Navy and the IRGC forces launched ...