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 Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined other world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump on his victory in the US election.

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's most ancient map that could help locate the remnants of ‘Noah’s ark’ in ancient Mesopotamia.

And that would be the 2025 World Marathon Challenge, where 60 runners from across the globe have to run around 180 miles on seven continents in just one week. Gamblin is one of 17 Americans ...

This landmark tournament marks the development of this indigenous Indian sport into a global phenomenon, with twenty-four nations spanning six continents competing for the title of world champion. The ...

Scientists have plumbed the depths of nearly 3,000 soil samples from around the globe to put together the heftiest atlas of soil viruses ever created. But what are all those viruses doing in the soil?

Discover the deadliest snake on every continent in the world, including their habitats and fatality rates. Also, can you guess which continent doesn’t have any snakes? The Eastern diamondback ...

Researchers from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences collected sedimentary samples from multiple locations along Perth's coastline, waterways and ...

youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world. By Declan Walsh ...

The Earth doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we're taught that the world consists of Africa, ...