MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...

A geoscience study uncovered zircon evidence pointing to the possible remains of the lost continent of Lemuria under the ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. However, a recent study is ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.

Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.

The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own.

A map depicting a flat Earth surrounded by rings of ice walls from an online art forum is being taken by some social media users as evidence the planet is flat.