The long-ignored continent of Zealandia has now been mapped and officially recognized as Earth’s eighth continent. Stretching over 4.9 million square kilometers, most of Zealandia lies beneath the ...

Earth has a lot going on under the surface - even in what may have once seemed to be its most unassuming layer.

SYDNEY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica's ice-free land that they say will help protect the continent's biodiversity. The team, led by ...

UNSW researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent. Antarctica, often regarded as the ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Russian explorers FF Bellingshausen and MP Lazarev marked the beginning of unparalleled scientific enquiries and highlighted the continent's ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet’s last true wilderness, harbours unique ecosystems that support extraordinary biodiversity and contribute to global diversity and environmental stability.

“Many people are surprised to learn that Antarctica has any permanently ice-free lands at all. And yet, these tiny habitat patches contain the vast majority of the continent’s biodiversity ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's ... That part of the mantle is made of old tectonic plates that break into tiny pieces when they sink deep enough into the planet. The LLSVPs, by ...

For decades, scientists believed that the North American and Eurasian tectonic ... of a much larger structure—a “Rifted Oceanic Magmatic Plateau” (ROMP)—that spans across what we currently call two ...

What are all the Infinite Craft recipes and combos? We’ve been addictively playing this since we learned about it, and as a result, there are hundreds of combinations and recipes now known. Here ...