A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

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

The affected part of the North American continent is an example of a " craton "—ancient and stable parts of the crust that ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

They may deter Russia there, but the forces would be unavailable for anything else. This kind of mission would lure European ...

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

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.

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The Farallon plate and the North American plate once formed a subduction zone along the continent's west coast, with the former sliding beneath the latter and recycling its material into the mantle.