For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, ...

For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...

The Paris Olympics came to an end on Sunday night with an exciting closing ceremony to bid farewell to the games in which the best athletes from across the world competed for glory and the shiny ...

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, ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth's surface. The remaining space is covered by land—continents and islands. Before Earth's land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...