The long-ignored continent of Zealandia has now been mapped and officially recognized as Earth’s eighth continent. Stretching over 4.9 million square kilometers, most of Zealandia lies beneath the ...

As ecosystems around the planet undergo rapid transformations, policymakers and land managers are grappling with a pressing question: When is it time to stop resisting ecological changes and accept a ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Harry Anderson of Bainbridge Island docked his 43-foot sailboat, Phywave, Jan. 29 in Fort Lauderdale, ending his sailing solo ...

A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...

The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Zealandia, which some researchers believe could be considered Earth's eighth continent, is older than previously thought.

Zealandia, which some researchers consider the eighth continent on Earth, is older than previously thought for a long time.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's ... The two giant blobs — one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa — lie at the boundary between Earth's mantle and its outer core ...

researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two underground “super-continents” hundreds of miles beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean.