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, ...

Forget the neat, tidy narratives you might have heard in school about a stable, unchanging Earth. Just like history, our ...

The history of Earth's continents might be different from what we first thought. The most popular theory of how the continents formed billions of years ago may not be right, according to a paper in ...

Zealandia broke apart from the supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago then sank. It's hard to study an underwater landmass, but researchers say they've created a complete map. Studying ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...