Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...

A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continental crust, scale, and ancient origins, challenging ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent, is a ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a lost continent they call Balknatolia wedged between Europe, Africa and Asia that allowed mammals from Asia to colonize Europe earlier than once thought.

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG-CAS), along with international collaborators, reveals that ...

A team of geologists and palaeontologists has discovered that, some 50 million years ago, there was a low-lying continent separating Europe from Asia that they have named Balkanatolia. At the time, it ...

A forgotten continent may have formed a bridge between Asia and Europe around 40 million years ago. Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals.

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