Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new ...

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

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Pakistan late on Wednesday evening, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported.

To understand the fascinating mechanics of the collision of India with Asia we must first look beneath the Earth's surface. The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic plates like people on ...

are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection currents ... They are formed due to the pressure of the two plates colliding, which forces the continental crust to crumple and push upwards ...