Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.

4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller, or minor, plates. Six of the majors are named for the continents embedded within them, such as the North American ...

For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

New study questions whether the continents, North America and Europe, ever completely split apart tens of millions of years ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The Silfra fissure in Iceland is the crack between North America and Europe. It is the only place in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates. Produced by Claudia Romeo More from ...

South America has a great example of ... which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These are known as Transform Faults. As the plates scrape past ...