With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

The world hides far more than meets the eye, and Zealandia, a nearly submerged continent, is one of its most striking secrets ...

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

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

What is a continent when over 94 percent of it is under the water? Zealandia is an extensive belt of continental crust around ...

After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...

The map of Earth looks settled at first glance. Continents feel fixed, named, and counted. Yet over the past few decades, ...

As far as immutable facts go, the number of continents would seem to be one of them, but is there another continent hiding in plain sight?

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Earth is usually said to have six ...

A group of geologists is making a new push to add an eighth continent to the accepted list, known as Zealandia. The scientists have been working for two decades gathering data to support their claim ...

The Continent's French Market, a European-inspired center for food vendors, opened in 1972. Photo date unknown. This story is part of the Curious Cbus project. You ask the questions, you vote for one ...

The mostly submarine continent includes New Zealand. — -- We're taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth -- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America ...