A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

The split will change the world's continental makeup. "Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new continent separated by the world's sixth ocean," said Metro. A change ...

Scientists have warned that Africa is breaking apart faster than previously thought. A 35-mile-long fissure in Ethiopia’s desert emerged in 2005 but has since been widening at a rate of half an ...

Amerigo Vespucci is the man whose Christian name was bestowed upon the new continent. The manner in which it was applied is specially curious. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Pangea essentially turned inside out, the edges of the old continent becoming the collision zones of new continents. Africa, South America, and Antarctica began to fragment. What ultimately formed Mt.