Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

Zealandia broke apart from the supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago then sank. It's hard to study an underwater landmass, but researchers say they've created a complete map. Studying ...

A new study by Dr. Jordan Phethean, leader at the University of Derby, suggests that Earth has only six continents and not seven as conventionally accepted. The study challenges a time-honored ...

You might think you know all of Earth’s continents, but there’s one that has remained hidden for millions of years. Zealandia, a massive landmass mostly submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, ...

Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of ...

Nearly 20 years ago, researchers at Oregon State University began leading an effort to collect information about the structure and evolution of the North American continent using electromagnetic ...

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

The deepest point on any of Earth's continents has been discovered by scientists. The trench, which stretches two miles below sea level, is found beneath the Antarctic ice in what is known as the ...

A sudden swarm of earthquakes in Montana set off fears that the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park could be reawakened in early July, spewing more lava by volume than there is ice in the ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links on ...