Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep inside the planet, hot rock began rising. Over time, this invisible force ...

Tilted sedimentary strata in the Tian Shan, driven by the ongoing indentation of India into Asia. New research from Adelaide University suggests the power of the ancient Tethys Ocean might have shaped ...

In the context of the "Tethys one-way train" (long-term cyclical northward breakup-drifting of Gondwana continental fragments), an increase in low-latitude continental area leads to the decrease in ...

Tethys the sea goddess -- Pangaea the supercontinent and the birth of Tethys -- Extinction, evolution and the great cycles of life -- Tethyan fecundity in the Jurassic seas -- Black death to black ...