Oceanography
Fishermen caught rare giant grouper weighing 450kg at sea
A giant grouper weighing up to 450kg was caught by people while fishing at sea.
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Oceanography
Huge gravity hole under the Indian Ocean
Experts have found a possible reason why a 3 million square kilometer gravity hole, where gravity is especially weak, formed in the Indian Ocean.
1001 mystery
The mystery of a huge treasure worth more than 120 million USD on an island in the Indian Ocean
The pirates suddenly 'evaporated' and it is believed that Levasseur hid his gold treasure on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles island nation.
Oceanography
Huge volcano erupts from underwater
Scientists have discovered the 820m-high volcano in the western Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar, after a series of extremely puzzling earthquakes.
Oceanography
First image of octopus at a depth of 7,000m
Scientists photograph Dumbo octopus swimming the largest depth ever recorded under the Indian Ocean, exceeding the previous record nearly 2,000 m.
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Tectonic plates under the Indian Ocean are broken in two
India - Australia - Capricorn tectonic plates are splitting at a rate of about 1.7 mm a year.
Oceanography
Discover the mysterious creature in the deepest area of the Indian Ocean
Scientists have recently discovered a mysterious creature in the bottom of the deepest of the Indian Ocean, with large and long sea-like tentacles to adapt to the enviro…
Discover science
The tribe live separately 55,000 years on the Indian Ocean Islands
The Jarawa tribe has only 400 members living on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean and activists fear they may disappear in the next 10 years, Sun reported.
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'Ghost' island in the middle of the Indian Ocean
Once a prisoner of prisoners and later became a bustling settlement, Ross has a special past before being a wild, mysterious island with ruins.
Oceanography
Discover the life in the crater under the Indian Ocean
Scientists at the University of Southampton have brought in images of unusual life deep in the Indian Ocean.
Oceanography
New exotic squid species
A new species of squid is found by researchers in the South Indian Ocean.
Archeology
Discover a small continent hidden under lava in the islands of Reunion and Mauritius
Both Reunion and Mauritius are popular tourist destinations. Recently scientists have discovered that these islands are
Space science
The piece of the Russian spacecraft will fall into the Indian Ocean
On January 11, the Russian Federal Aeronautics Agency Roscosmos announced the debris of the Phobos-Grunt Automatic Interplanetary Station to probe Mars could fall to the…
Space science
Rosat 'satellite may fall to the Indian Ocean'
Fragments of the German satellite may have fallen into the Indian Ocean after it crashed into the atmosphere yesterday.
Animal world
Worms have 5 different faces
A new species of ascaris discovered on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean develops five faces with separate mouth sections to digest different foods.