After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...

Looking at some of the early European cartographers' maps of the Australian continent, it's hard to not be amused by the inaccuracies. In one, we see Queensland conjoined with Papua New Guinea, while ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimeters each year because of changes to the Earth's center of mass, according to a new study. The findings could help ...

Geologists have determined there's a new continent called "Zealandia." Recent satellite data and rock samples led to the conclusion. New Zealand and New Caledonia are part of the new continent, which ...