Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

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Long before the Great Lakes, a rift nearly tore North America in half—leaving behind Lake Superior’s depth, copper-rich ridges, and stories still told today.

Their conversations made them realize that so many other Marathi moms across North America must be feeling the same sense of isolation, longing for a community where they could connect ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

What lies beneath the Earth’s surface can be more dramatic than any science fiction. In this video, we explore the 15 largest Earth cracks that have stunned scientists and geologists around the world.

“I have in my possession a secret map made in Germany by Hitler’s ... who by 1941 “was basically running British intelligence in North America, doing various operations to annoy the Germans ...

Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago, according to a new study led by ...

North America dropped four rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on April 25. Although the U.S. added a total of two rigs week ...

Contrary to the map many of us have in our minds, almost all of South America is farther east than North America. Most of us have a rough map of the world in our minds that we use any time we ...