Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

It starts with the map of the world familiar to everyone ... Among the planets in the Solar System, Earth is unique for ...

The plates of the Earth's crust are constantly moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Plate tectonics involves the movements of 15 major and 40 minor lithospheric plates. Note that the Indo-Australian Plate is currently separating into two, which explains why the Indian and ...

Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth’s ... world’s oceans and continents sit on 15 major blocks that move and shift, called tectonic ...

Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep inside the Earth's mantle. These plate remains were found lurking underneath the center of other continental plates ...