Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

Forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres) which is approximately 30% of the world's land surface ... developed institutions" in Africa. Asia and the Pacific region accounts ...