Before the Atlantic split South America and Africa for good, the final connection between the two continents would have been a series of deep basins, which were probably lakes, Duarte said in the ...

Science News: Scientists discovered over 260 dinosaur footprints in Brazil and Cameroon, showing dinosaurs lived in both regions now in Africa and South America.

They were formed in the "Equatorial Atlantic Gateway"— the seaway that resulted from South America and Africa splitting apart, which created the Atlantic Ocean.

What's happening in Northern Africa to make a new ocean? Scientists aren't certain a new ocean will form, but they say the geologic implications of the plates pulling apart indicate it's likely.

Shannon Thibodeau, a 45-year-old Guelph woman, is gearing up to race 3,600 nautical miles across the South Atlantic Ocean in ...

There was a time long ago when the Atlantic Ocean didn’t exist. The general understanding among geologists is that the body of water originated between 83 to 113 million years ago, when South ...

Experts say the Southern Ocean was formed about 30 million years ago when the landmasses of Antarctica and South America separated, creating the narrow and turbulent Drake Passage where the Atlantic ...