Despite being part of the same plate ... the region has historical and cultural connections with North America, but at the same time, its indigenous population shares a lineage with Native ...

(Representational) A chunk of ancient oceanic crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is pulling parts of North America's crust down into the Earth's mantle, scientists have found. The finding ...

Alaska, Hawaii and parts of mainland America’s West Coast are at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone, a fault stretching from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape ...

An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking huge swatches of present-day's North American crust down into the mantle, researchers say. The slab's pull has created ...