As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

wacky and surprising facts that most people don't know about the continent. Are you ready to win at trivia night? Here are 30 mind-blowing North American geography facts. The Largest Pyramid Isn't ...

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called “cratonic dripping.” This is caused by the remnants of the Farallon ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on North America, a continent found entirely within the northern hemisphere. In these clips, we explore iconic landmarks within the United ...

The seven continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America — but some experts argue that there could be less. "There is a question as to what exactly ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process providing new information about how continents and landmasses evolve.

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.