The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Forget the neat, tidy narratives you might have heard in school about a stable, unchanging Earth. Just like history, our ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

The story of Atlantis, a mythological continent that vanished into the sea after its inhabitants displeased the gods, has ...

Central Asia's rugged terrain was shaped by the ancient Tethys Ocean, not climate change or mantle flows, according to new ...

The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...

Reptiles are among the most adaptable species on earth, and they can be found in deserts, forests, swamps, and even cities. Snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles have succeeded in making their ...

Do you know which continent is permanently covered with snow? Explore why Antarctica holds this distinction, along with its location, climate, ice coverage, importance and interesting facts in this ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting ...

Scientists have explored deep into the ocean to find a new species of crustacean in the Atacama Trench. that shows how ...