Most continents are more than just their cratons, so we know that the continents didn't form all at once in the early history of the Earth. You can check out a map of the world's cratons below to get ...

The video begins with a familiar map of Earth's current continents but quickly transports viewers back in time. It reveals the formation of ancient supercontinents like Gondwana, Pangaea, and ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Forget what you learned in school—Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania ...

Under the subduction theory, continents started moving around because of plate tectonics 500 million years after the Earth formed, between 3.6 billion and 4 billion years ago.

Most people know that Earth’s landmasses once formed single supercontinent, but how said continent peeled away from itself – or the extent to which Earth’s continents remain connected – is ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

Why does Earth have continents? Our planet is made of continents and that makes us the oddball of the solar system. No other planet has continents like we do ... and it is unclear why.