For a long stretch of Earth’s history, the continents were not separated by wide oceans. They were joined into a single landmass known as Pangaea. It formed slowly, through collisions that took place ...

Long before the continents spread across the globe, Earth held one connected landmass known as Pangaea. This supercontinent formed hundreds of millions of years ago and helps explain why distant ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Kevin Chamberlain likes taking the wide view — as in on the continental scale. When he first started college in the 1970's, Chamberlain thought he wanted to be a doctor, but then, he found out about ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...