A long-lost continent once sitting between India and Madagascar now lies at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, according to a report published Tuesday. Lewis Ashwal, a scientist at the University of ...

This, coming from an island located 1,200 miles off the southeast coast of Africa. The ancient continent, known as Mauritia, once connected Madagascar to India during the Gondwana supercontinent.

Researchers believe they have discovered the remains of a lost ancient continent on the floor of the Indian Ocean. Lost continent themes including Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria have always fascinated ...

In terms of breakups, the splitting of Australia and the lost continent of Argoland 155 million years ago was a big one. In fact, it was so dramatic that it has taken until now for researchers to ...

The Indian Ocean and some of its islands, scientists say, may lie on top of the remains of an ancient continent pulled apart by plate tectonics between 50 million and 100 million years ago. Skip ...

Scientists have found proof of a sunken continent in the Indian Ocean. ... Precambrian microcontinent,” located 6.2 miles under the surface. [Nature Geoscience via BBC News] ...

But now, new evidence suggests that the long-lost prehistoric continent is actually buried — in pieces — underneath the waves of the Indian Ocean. The world was a very different place back ...

Indian Ocean topography shows the location of the East African island nation of Mauritius, where researchers have verified the location of a 'lost continent.' (Lewis Ashwal/Journal of Petrology ...

Argoland, once part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, was long thought to be lost. But scientists recently discovered it splintered apart in Southeast Asia. The lost continent may have ...