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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A recent study has unveiled that Earth's mantle is divided into two distinct sections, a phenomenon linked to the formation and subsequent breakup of the ancient supercontinent Pangaea. This ...

Before we discuss the modern-day destruction of this structure, we need to define Pangea. About 300 million years ago, the Earth was in one form of a supercontinent called Pangea. In other words, it ...

Continents’ constant shifting is one of the first things you learn when you study the geologic history of Earth. South America fits into Africa like a puzzle piece, after all. Back 200 million years ...

A weird 130-million-year old skull discovered in eastern Utah is shaking up what we know about mammals and the ancient giant landmass Pangea. The small skull, found beneath the fossilized foot of a ...

It's hard to imagine all of the world's land masses together as one supercontinent. Over 200 million years ago, however, that's what Earth looked like. The breakup of Pangea was essentially the first ...

Pangea split around 200 million years ago, and today we are looking for some incredible fossils from over 300 million years ago! This gives us a glance to what life was like in present-day Alabama ...

The discovery of the fossilized skull of a half-mammal and half-reptile creature may rewrite ancient history, specifically regarding the timeline for the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. The ...