History teachers love making everything sound clean and simple. "This happened, then that happened, everyone learned a lesson ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements essential for high-technology and national security applications. Scientists at ...

Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years ...

Earth has six continents not seven, radical study claims ...

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, ...

All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and a new analysis reveals that much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the alarming rise in global sea ...

The mostly submarine continent includes New Zealand. — -- We're taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth -- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

When one considers the term “Continent of Science,” one may think of an area filled with the presence of universities or other hubs of science or tech.

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Africa. This is happening along the East African Rift, a long stretch of land where the Earth’s surface is slowly pulling ...