Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent ...

Zealandia fits all those points, but being almost inaccessible, little is known about its geology in detail. A team of geologists coming from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, the U.S ...

You might be used to learning about seven continents around the world, but did you know that Zealandia is the long-lost eighth? It was undiscovered for a long time because it's mainly underwater.

Zealandia is a new and mostly submerged continent off the coast of New Zealand. The discovery started with offshore oil drilling in the 1960s. A UN treaty that gave drilling rights to continental ...

Geoscientists have confirmed Zealandia, a continent hiding in plain sight for nearly 375 years. Covering 1.89 million square miles, it lay submerged beneath the waves, sparking excitement and ...