The Pangean-era structure "It's being torn apart in real time" keeps the planet on edge. The ocean plate is now being torn ...

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

On September 25, 2023, a scientific study published in the Nature Geoscience journal overturned estimates of the future of our beloved Earth.

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This ...

It is one of the most isolated landforms of continental origin, having split from the supercontinent of Gondwana millions of ...

The Americas' showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s greatest supercontinent, narrated by Tom Hanks.

Nature documentary series "The Americas," hosted by Tom Hanks, launches with a two-hour installment on NBC Sunday, February ...

NBC has shared a first look at The Americas, the 10-part television event premiering on Sunday, February 23 on NBC and ...

A record-breaking discovery has changed the way scientists understand iron ore formation—and it could shake up the global ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...