A controversial new study suggests our geography textbooks should be rewritten. Since we were young, we’ve learned that Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America and South America make ...

Growing up, most of us learned that Earth is home to seven continents. But it may be time to rewrite the geography textbooks, as a controversial study now claims there are actually only six continents ...

Here’s how it works. North America's underside may be "dripping" down into mantle below. (Image credit: Timothy Hodgkinson via Alamy) An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest ...

North America's "broken heart" is an ancient rift valley in the Midwestern United States. The rifting began roughly 1.1 billion years ago due to tectonic forces pulling what is now the North American ...

Hämäläinen is Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University. His new book is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. He is also the author of The Comanche Empire, winner ...

An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking huge swatches of present-day's North American crust down into the mantle, researchers say. The slab's pull has created giant ...

Fossilized footprints in White Sands National Park USGS, NPS, Bournemouth University When picking up a tired toddler on a long walk, or hunting and confronting a giant sloth, the humans walking the ...

North America: Growth of a Continent was an educational television show which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario in 1980-81. The series was narrated by Gordon Pinsent.