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

Nicholas van der Elst, a seismologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York, considers plate tectonics to be the “unifying theory of geology.” ...

If real, that version of plate tectonics looks nothing like Earth's. But it shows the diversity of planetary geology that could lurk elsewhere in the cosmos. "In the end, understanding what causes ...

Long before the towering dinosaurs dominated the Earth, our planet was a vastly different place. This video takes you on a ...

Extraordinary fossil discoveries reveal an important link between plate tectonics and extreme evolutionary changes just like that of a well-preserved 'Devonian coelacanth' fish that was just ...

If real, that version of plate tectonics looks nothing like Earth's. But it shows the diversity of planetary geology that could lurk elsewhere in the cosmos. "In the end, understanding what causes ...

Plate tectonics appears to play a key role in how species on Earth evolve, the same way that events like changes in climate or asteroid impacts do. The new fossil of Ngamugawi wirngarri that ...

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An earthquake such as this occurs because Earth’s crust is divided into shifting tectonic plates. The forces behind plate tectonics play a part in determining nearly everything about Earth ...

Stromer named it Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the Egyptian Spine Lizard. The bones were added to the Bavarian State Collection of ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, largely submerged for over 100 million years.

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...