and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from Scotese about tectonic plate motions — past and present — and Earth history, check out his YouTube page.

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...

Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...