A multipolar world is emerging where a number of countries of the global South are now using their growing economic power and ...

Cook arrived in Sydney Cove in 1770 where he and his crew landed at Botany Bay, opening up the continent now known as Australia to colonisation by the British Crown. Nine years later, he was ...

The mystery of two "super-continent"-sized structures buried deep in the Earth's mantle has produced a new twist after scientists got a closer look at their composition, suggesting they might be ...

Here’s how it works. Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these ...

What if everything you learned in school about Earth’s continents was wrong? New research has shaken the foundation of geography, suggesting that the planet might have just six continents, not seven.

Miles beneath the ocean there are numerous sunken lands just waiting to be discovered. How did these lost lands form, and what would they be like today if they had been just a little higher up ...

These giant isopods, with their 14 legs, have remained largely understudied despite becoming an increasingly popular delicacy in Southeast Asia. "The name 'vaderi' is inspired by the appearance of its ...

That's because the planet Mars was at its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 16, 2025, making it brighter and bigger. This sight was captured in numerous photos shared by various users to the ...

According to the Observatory at Science Centre Singapore (SCOB), the red planet will be more visible because Earth will be lying directly between the Sun and Mars, a phenomenon also known as Mars ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have uncovered a hidden network of “metal highways” beneath the Earth’s ancient ... Beneath ancient continents, carbonate-rich melts flow upward ...

There is an enormous geological metamorphosis happening underneath the African continent. The East African Rift ... The East African Rift Valley: A peek into future geography The East African Rift isn ...

The effects of climate change are now visible on every continent, affecting people from the richest to the poorest countries on earth. Wildfires raging in California this week have killed at least ...