Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

Our planet is divided into seven continents, each with its own unique landscapes, cultures, and ecosystems. From the frozen ...

For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

This continent may be dividing in two, according to a startling finding on the map of Earth. Africa is expected to split but only within millions of years.

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

The implications of these findings go beyond reshaping continents. Knowing how Earth’s landmasses shift over time can inform endeavors like those in natural resource exploration, disaster preparedness ...

Discover why Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of just 50 millimetres.

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. These continents aren’t going to stay in place forever ...