An astonishing ancient flood drastically transformed Earth's geography, reshaping coastlines and creating valleys. The Zanclean Flood, a monumental event, filled the Mediterranean Basin in mere years, ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down ...

Marine scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the largest floods in Earth's history in the central Mediterranean seafloor. The flood, known as the Zanclean flood, is thought to have ended the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque as it is today. It was barely even a sea; tectonic ...