Earth's mysterious eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps. That's because almost 95 percent of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet beneath the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia — or ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface. The remaining space is covered by land — continents and islands. Before Earth’s land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

Under New Zealand, there lies a vast continent on the sea floor. Once part of the same land mass as Antarctica and Australia, the lost continent of Zealandia broke off 85 million years ago and ...

Australia's extensive road network would theoretically be perfect for self-driving cars. But there is one major problem: Tectonic movements have pushed the continent five feet away from where it used ...

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the completion of the first phase of a continent-scale mapping initiative ...

In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner – spotted a towering shore of ice on the horizon. This was the first ever sighting of the Fimbul Ice ...

Zealandia broke apart from the supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago then sank. It's hard to study an underwater landmass, but researchers say they've created a complete map. Studying ...

Newly released maps of Zealandia, a massive sunken landmass many have argued should be classified as Earth's eighth continent, are revealing the topography of this underwater land in unprecedented ...

Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool by ...

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The ...

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any ...