Deep within the Earth’s mantle, rhythmic pulses of hot lava are emerging on the surface, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

Climbing the highest peak on each continent is one of the most iconic challenges in the world of mountaineering. Popularly ...

Now, new research reveals how this baby subduction zone came to be: Over millions of years, a bit of the "hidden" continent of Zealandia on the boundary between the Australian and Pacific plates ...

Countries with territory that spans across more than one continent are known as transcontinental or intercontinental states. The term is then split up into contiguous and non-contiguous ...

And geological research in recent years has made defining continental boundaries less simple than it might have once seemed as researchers find evidence of unexpected continental material.

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

An ancient missing continent was finally rediscovered 155 million years after it vanished. ... which is an imaginary boundary that separates Southeast Asian and Australian fauna.

Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. GSA Bulletin topics studied this month include the nature and dynamics of China and Tibet ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that the blobs buried deep in Earth's mantle may be a billion years old ...

It’s the smallest continent at 2.9 million square miles, and it’s actually closer in size to Greenland than it is to South America. So what makes Australia a continent and Greenland an island?

It is time for a new Africa beyond borders and boundaries. Continental integration must be the primary agenda of this year’s African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.

Countries with territory that spans across more than one continent are known as transcontinental or intercontinental states. The term is then split up into contiguous and non-contiguous.