More than 200 million years ago, mammals and reptiles lived in their own separate worlds on the supercontinent Pangaea, despite little geographical incentive to do so. Mammals lived in areas of ...

Pangaea was a massive supercontinent that formed between 320 million and 195 million years ago. At that time, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one giant one surrounded by a single ocean ...

The continents we live on today are moving, and over hundreds of millions of years they get pulled apart and smashed together again. Occasionally, this tectonic plate-fueled process brings most of the ...

Both supercontinents formed over what is now the African domain A new study reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological scar reflecting the formation and breakup ...

A 130 million-year-old skull of an ancient animal that likely resembled a squirrel has shaken up the scientists' idea on when the supercontinent Pangaea likely split up, and suggests this break-up ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

A University of Bristol simulation predicts the formation of supercontinent Pangaea Ultima within 250 million years, making Earth uninhabitable due to extreme heat, volcanic activity, and increased ...

An ancient family of trees, the cypresses, got their start on the supercontinent Pangaea before it split apart. New genetic research indicates this continental split helped shaped the evolution of ...

Independent estimates from geology and biology agree on the timing of the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent into today's continents, scientists have found. Scientists at The Australian National ...

An international team of geologists believe they have found a hidden continent that could stretch from Greenland to Europe. The team, led by Professor Gillian Foulger, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics ...