The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be ...

Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there's been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in ...

The storm’s winds equaled those of a Category 4 hurricane, and residents were told to stay indoors to shelter from destructive winds and flooding.

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.

About 250 million years ago, you could pretty easily walk from what is now Australia to North America – with a pit stop in Antarctica. This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea ...

Australia, known for its stunning landscapes and vibrant culture, is home to some of the most dynamic cities in the Southern Hemisphere. Each of the largest cities in Australia showcases a unique ...

Harry Anderson of Bainbridge Island docked his 43-foot sailboat, Phywave, Jan. 29 in Fort Lauderdale, ending his sailing solo to all seven continents.

A $230 million project investigating ways to make extracting future materials more sustainable will bring together five research groups from five continents, including one from Australia. Mining ...

Within Australia, Proto-Pama-Nyungan (PPN), one of the daughter families of Proto-Australian is much more widespread than the others. It occupies 90% of the continent, the lighter area on Map 1. The ...

Oceania is a region of islands which includes Australia but is not classed as a continent. Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on ...

Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest ... if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The company said ...