Scientists have compiled the most comprehensive map yet of tectonic stress magnitudes across North America, highlighting regions most vulnerable to earthquakes. The map and associated study, published ...

April 23 (UPI) --For the first time, scientists have produced a comprehensive map of the tectonic stresses acting on the North American continent. In the short term, the map of North American faults - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called ...

This video maps the disappearance of North America’s extinct animals across the world map, revealing how entire ecosystems ...

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North America's "broken heart," it is filled with solidified magma and lava.

The continent of North America is not a single, thick, rigid slab, but is instead more similar to a layer cake, with a section of 3-billion-year-old rock sitting atop much newer material, a new study ...

There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on how ...