New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents – a future which suggests renewed unity, quite literally. Just as our continents ...

Over the next 300 million years, all the Earth’s continents will smash together and form a new supercontinent called Amasia, closing the Pacific Ocean in the process. At least, that’s according to a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Geoscientists say Earth will be home to one massive supercontinent about 200 million years from now; ...

Were all continents once snuggled together in a mammoth land mass surrounded by a single shimmering sea? Did the continents begin to drift apart some 200 million years ago? Some scientists believe so, ...

Earth’s continents are currently keeping a safe distance from one another, but what if they did slam together again, Pangaea-style? Which political party will keep the US prosperous? Poll reveals ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monkeys resembling today's capuchins accomplished the astonishing feat of crossing at least 100 miles (160 km) of open ocean 21 million years ago to get from South America to ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...