Before it split into the continents we know today, Earth was home to just a single landmass, or "supercontinent," called Pangea. Over tens of millions of years, as the familiar story goes ...

Landmasses from Earth’s distant past are ... Argoland was a continent that purportedly split from northwestern Australia before drifting northwest toward Southeast Asia. Its disappearance ...

Scientists predict that this seismic split, currently in its infancy ... and South America—suggest that these continents were once joined before continental drift separated them.

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ecosystem of the region, as well as the way humans live. In the ...