Blobs of rock are dripping off the underside of North America, likely caused by the remnants of a tectonic plate deep in ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called "cratonic dripping." This is caused by the remnants of the Farallon Plate ...

New research reveals North America's ancient bedrock is slowly sinking into the Earth's mantle due to the Farallon Plate subduction.

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified ...