Scientists have identified and named over a million animal species, and there are millions more yet to be discovered across Earth's seven continents. But which continent has the most animal species?

A forgotten continent may have formed a bridge between Asia and Europe around 40 million years ago. Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals.

The lost continent of Zealandia may once have been much closer to land level, providing a way for plants and animals to cross continents 80 million years ago. Scientists affiliated with the ...

A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 ...

This video presents a complete timeline of Australia’s prehistoric life, spanning early marine creatures to the continent’s distinctive dinosaurs. It explores how isolation and shifting climates ...

The mysteriously rich diversity of life on the isle of Madagascar might have arrived there in part on "floating islands" carried by ocean currents, researchers now say. Madagascar, the world's ...

Soil researchers have found that a microscopic nematode is vanishing from Antarctica’s Dry Valleys — and they believe it’s because of climate change. Scottnema lindsayae thrives in super-arid ...

The mysteriously rich diversity of life on the isle of Madagascar might have arrived there in part on 'floating islands' carried by ocean currents, researchers now say. Madagascar, the world's fourth ...

Scientists didn't expect to stumble upon the remains of a forgotten continent in the Balkans and Anatolia, a peninsula in western Asia. Instead, they were to hoping to solve a mystery: Fossils from ...

A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 ...