Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

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

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

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...