Most continents were scattered chunks of land, located south of the Equator. These chunks joined to form a single mass of land due to Earth’s inner tectonic activity.

The continent is also a country - but there are often misconceptions about the region it's a part of and how it's defined.

The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists disagree over how those land masses formed and if it was through geological processes we ...

During this time, the continents soaked up an extra 3.2 trillion tons of water, slowing the rate of sea level rise by about 0.71 millimeters per year. But the pattern won’t continue indefinitely.

Who knew that finding hidden continents was a trend? Researchers now say they've confirmed the existence of Zealandia, a giant land mass (roughly two thirds the size of Australia) hiding in the ...

Researchers have uncovered a continent the size of Greenland mostly hiding underwater in the Mediterranean. ... much of the land mass's sedimentary pieces were scraped off during its great migration.

Scientists have found evidence of a lost continent that drifted away from the land mass that became Australia 155million years ago.. Geologists long assumed that Argoland should exist due to a ...

Among the seven continents in the world, one is the biggest by land size and population. The world's largest contains more than 40 countries.

The Earth formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, according to National Geographic. If the world was captured all those years ago, the land masses would’ve been structured completely different to ...