The discovery of buried "mud waves" off the coast of western Africa reveals that the Atlantic Ocean was born at least 4 million years earlier than scientists previously thought.

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

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.

Researchers uncovered matching sets of hundreds of dinosaur footprints in Africa and South America, revealing a dinosaur highway used 120 million years ago.

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

South African adventurer Gerhard Moolman has completed an epic 4,150km solo paddle across the Atlantic Ocean, dedicating his remarkable journey to raising awareness and funds for vulnerable ...

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

Scientists have been baffled to discover that South Africa is rising out of the ocean by as much as two millimetres per year.

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 ...

Two meteorological factors preclude the development of tropical storms off the coast of South America, but the historical record is very short compared to the rest of the world.

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 ...