Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Even the criteria used to define a continent is fraught, with some geologists arguing for the existence of “Zealandia” and ...

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the equator, geologists have confirmed. The discovery that this ...

The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence ...

Extreme temperatures in future may potentially lead to the first mass extinction on Earth since the dinosaurs, a new study ...

Shared on social media on Thursday, the image (top) shows Earth as a blaze of streaking light, an effect created by using ...

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead ...