Image: (AP) Scientists have compiled the most comprehensive map yet of ... zones within the continent’s crust. This allowed them to pinpoint seismic hotspots across North America.

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Give pupils an outline map of the continent and ask them to draw ... Share any holiday photographs from pupils who have visited countries in North America such as Disney World, Florida, US and ...

North America is the third largest continent in the world ... between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. The largest countries in North America in terms of land area are Canada and ...

A geologist has mapped the formation of North America across hundreds of millions of years, showing the continent as two relatively ... has been sketching maps for decades. His first pen-and ...

All the wildfires that have hit the bulk of North America over the last 6 months make for a strikingly full picture when put together. This new map from NOAA shows each fire detected by satellites ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate ... be almost the same size of mainland America and, bizarrely, Antarctica appears ...

In the long term, the map could inspire and inform modeling efforts aimed at better understanding North America's geologic past, as well as the continent's present day tectonic intricacies.