A delicate balance between landmasses and oceans is crucial for the development of complex extraterrestrial life, according to a study published by researchers from Harvard.

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

For a long stretch of Earth’s history, the continents were not separated by wide oceans. They were joined into a single ...

Seen from space, our planet has often been called a "blue marble." It's not, however, just the swirly white clouds that give Earth its marbled appearance. The continents: They are what complete the ...

Tommaso Santambrogio’s film, which stakes out territory in both truth and fantasy, uses nonactors to tell intertwining stories set in contemporary Cuba. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket ...

For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...