For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...

The each of the five Olympic rings represent a different continent. Thought the U.S. teaches there are seven continents, the Olympics use the five-continent model. Each ring's color is associated with ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth's surface. The remaining space is covered by land—continents and islands. Before Earth's land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

The Winter Olympics are back for two-weeks of intense games, heated competition and exciting moments. Throughout it all, you're going to see a lot of the Olympic rings, as the five interlaced rings ...