Zealandia is a massive landmass in the South Pacific, but nearly all of it lies beneath the ocean. Scientists argue it meets the geological requirements of a true continent, even though only New ...

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...

A runner has completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days in memory of his teenage brother. Bobby White took on the gruelling challenge, running the 26.2 (42.2km) mile races with an ...

Over the course of a couple days in September 2005—amidst a flurry of volcanic eruptions and hundreds of earthquakes—the ground in northeast Ethiopia split wide open. For millions of years, a bubble ...

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...