This rift is slowly pulling the African continent apart, and over millions of years, it could isolate the eastern portion of ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea dried into a barren salt desert before a catastrophic Indian Ocean flood carved a canyon ...

Around 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea experienced a dramatic shift back to its marine identity, demonstrating Earth's ecosystems' resilience. A new study reports on a catastrophic influx of ...