An ocean floor pushed toward a land mass will always slide under the land mass. This is because the land mass is more buoyant, or lighter, than the ocean floor. When two land masses meet ...

The associated changes in the climate and vegetation affected how dinosaurs evolved. All continents during the Triassic Period were part of a single land mass called Pangaea. This meant that ...

Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are, while others seem much smaller, and distances ...

Back in the 1700s, the Massachusetts government offered money or land — or both — to the men who brought them the scalps of Native men, women, and even children. Now, tribes and organizations are ...