Geography Isn’t Sacred in the Playful World of Pictorial Maps A new book highlights an occasionally twisted, often amusing, always colorful tradition of hand-drawn cartography.

A century ago, National Geographic magazine started creating supplement maps, designed to adorn walls and explore every corner of our Earth in intricate detail. Here are some of the best.

A new satellite study shows traffic on the world's oceans quadrupled over two decades, outpacing the growth in trade.

China forges ahead with ambitious national park plan The new system aims to benefit wildlife and people alike, but balancing conservation with the development of a tourism industry can be tricky.

In this video, we explore the geography problem that China faces and how its natural features impact its development. One of China’s key geographic challenges is its uneven distribution of ...

Venture to Earth’s Most Extreme Places Through These Maps Tallest mountain, deepest crevice, hottest place—determining Earth’s geographic record holders can be tougher than it seems.

China is building the world’s largest national parks system Within the next decade, China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that ...

The Chinese take 3.62 billion trips to go home and celebrate the Lunar New Year. It's the world's largest human migration. And now there's a map that depicts it.

China is building the world’s largest national parks system China is building the world’s largest national parks system China’s other great wall is impressive, too—and steeped in history ...

Despite its massive population, China's list of common last names is very small. Here's where people with these names are concentrated.

The 2023 edition of the standard map of China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 2023 edition of the standard map of China was released by the Ministry of Natural Resources during the ...