The continent is also a country - but there are often misconceptions about the region it's a part of and how it's defined.

The NFL's international games, such as the Panthers and Giants facing off in Munich, have helped to build American football's ...

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

If you went to school in the US or the UK, you probably learned that there are seven continents. But that number really depends on where you grew up. Elsewhere, you probably learned that there are ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's most ancient map that could help locate the remnants of ‘Noah’s ark’ in ancient Mesopotamia.

And that would be the 2025 World Marathon Challenge, where 60 runners from across the globe have to run around 180 miles on seven continents in just one week. Gamblin is one of 17 Americans ...

The Countries of the World, being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe. By Robert Brown, &c. Vol. I. (London: Cassell, Petter ...

Discover the deadliest snake on every continent in the world, including their habitats and fatality rates. Also, can you guess which continent doesn’t have any snakes? The Eastern diamondback ...

Researchers from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences collected sedimentary samples from multiple locations along Perth's coastline, waterways and ...

youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world. By Declan Walsh ...