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

Most continents are more than just their cratons, so we know that the continents didn't form all at once in the early history of the Earth. You can check out a map of the world's cratons below to get ...

Late last year, scientists in New Zealand announced that they had created the most thorough map of any continent on planet Earth. For decades, the geologists had dug up and analyzed countless rock ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents, there ...

The claim: Antarctica is a wall hiding 20 more continents A Feb. 10 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows renderings of Earth, maps and mountains of ice and snow.

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 ...

New study could redefine Earth’s continents and change global maps This theory may even change the world map and turn the seven-continent model into a six-continent one if this holds.

Where was YOUR home at the time of the dinosaurs? Incredible interactive map shows how Earth's continents have shifted from 750 million years ago to today ...

Why does Earth have continents? Our planet is made of continents and that makes us the oddball of the solar system. No other planet has continents like we do ... and it is unclear why.