The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

Nothing is ever done and dusted in science. There is still a lively debate for example about precisely when and how plate tectonics got going on Earth. More than four billion years ago as the ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

Thus, I see this as convincing evidence for plate tectonics," Lamb told Live Science. Kusky sums it up: "If it looks like it, smells like it, it probably is it." ...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...

An exceptionally well-preserved skull from a fish which lived 384–382 million years ago helps explain how plate tectonics played a key role in the evolution of ancient bony fish which eventually led ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in ...

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a ...

The work is published in the journal Science China Earth Sciences. More information: YongFei Zheng, Plate tectonics in the Archean: Observations versus interpretations, Science China Earth ...

Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge ...

Researchers in China and Australia have created an animation that details Earth's tectonic movements over the past 1.8 ...

Plate tectonics is relatively new ... Here's a look at Live Science's news and features related to this constantly moving jigsaw puzzle. The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 ...