"This is not a sudden discovery, but a gradual realization." ...

Can a continent disappear? Many cultures have stories of vanishing islands or cities swept away by tidal waves. But is there truth to any of these legends? Our continents have undergone tumultuous ...

In 2017, groundbreaking research by GNS scientists confirmed that Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia is indeed Earth's hidden eighth continent, defined by its thick, varied crust, vast size, and geographic ...

Researchers have discovered a hidden continent on Earth, but it's not Atlantis. They found it while reconstructing the evolution of Mediterranean region's complex geology, which rises with mountain ...

A continent the size of Greenland has been found buried deep beneath Southern Europe, reshaping how scientists understand the region’s geological history. The discovery—first detailed in a landmark ...

It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries about the land mass still remain. As we head towards the end ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Monks Cowl in the Great Escarpment of South Africa. This dramatic formation arose during the ...

Today, Australia is home to some trees, like the Red and Yellow Carabeen, which are ancient remnants of a time when the Land Down Under was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. Now those trees are ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from ...

Jeffrey Stilwell is an Associate Professor (Adj.) at Monash University and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum. Funding for the amber research has come from Monash University, Australian ...