Here, a rift in southeast Gondwana birthed the Tasman Sea, which sits between Australia and New Zealand. Another rift led Zealandia to split from West Antarctica. A giant volcanic region ...

During the Paleogene period, cooling and thinning of its crust caused Zealandia to sink, leaving New Zealand and New ...

Zealandia fits all those points, but being almost inaccessible, little is known about its geology in detail. A team of geologists coming from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, the U.S ...

Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an ...

Have you ever seen a kekeno New Zealand fur seal basking on a rock or a flock of kākā flying overhead? You can find these and ...

(Web Desk) - Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, ...

Notably, Zealandia primarily remains submerged beneath the ocean's surface, with only a fraction of its landmass surfacing as islands, reminiscent of New Zealand itself. Andy Tulloch, a geologist ...

Researchers have finished mapping out the northern two-thirds of Zealandia, wrapping up the documentation of the nearly two million square miles of the submerged land mass. In a study published in ...

ZEALANDIA Sanctuary, established in 1999 ... The property is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adult admission costs 19.50 New Zealand dollars (or about $13.50), while child admission is NZ$ ...

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About 3,500 feet under the south Pacific sits a piece of land 2 million square miles in size - about half as big as Australia. But scientists can't agree on whether this submerged land mass ...

Unlike any other continent, 94% of Zealandia is underwater. This submerged wonder remained elusive for centuries, with only a few islands—like New Zealand—breaking the ocean’s surface to ...