There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on how ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FRISCO, Texas — Frisco two-year-old Max Smith just learned how to walk, but he’s already covered more ground than most. “The goal was originally to take him to all the states in the U.S. and make him ...