The sliteye shark has been recorded for the first time on the Great Chagos Bank, the world's largest coral atoll ...

Coral from the Maldives shows Indian Ocean sea levels began rising faster in 1959 - decades earlier than thought.

Russia witnessed an 8.8-magnitude quake on Wednesday, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. However, unlike the devastating tsunamis of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and Japan 2011, ...

A magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia threatened tens of millions of people with a tsunami risk. So why did ...

Tsunami warnings are being downgraded in most areas following one of this century’s most powerful earthquakes in Russia.

"When we typically think about earthquakes, we imagine an epicentre as a small point on a map ... the Indian Ocean. Early warning systems are important because of the limited ability of scientists to ...

"It’s ocean rowing in its truest form." This voyage is the first documented mainland-to-mainland row across the Indian Ocean using a classic-class, fully self-propelled rowing vessel.

wrote a 56-year-old explorer from Southwest China's Sichuan Province in a WeChat post on Tuesday, announcing that he had completed a new feat — crossing the Indian Ocean by rowing without ...

Modi begins UK visit for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) signing, then heads to Maldives July 25–26 as guest of honour for Independence Day ...

A security specialist in the Western Indian Ocean sees how countries work together to counter the threat of a massive oil spill.