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

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

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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.

Find out what pupils know about North America. Do they know where ... reveal some of the diversity of this continent from the frozen north to the tropical south. Locate them using a large map.

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

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