Geography says continent. Culture says island. Biology tells a very different story. Australia's place on the map depends on ...

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While Australia is widely considered to be a continent in its own right, the notion that New Zealand is part of its own continent, Zealandia, is a newer argument.

The smallest continent by surface area after Australia is Europe. Although Europe contains only 7% of world’s land, it has a population more than twice that of South America, according to ...