This animated map shows how global populations are distributed across Earth by dividing the globe into slices covering 10% of ...

As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows that detailed 3D elevation models could drastically ...

Train service will be suspended and replaced with shuttle buses along the south end of the Orange Line, from Forest Hills to ...

Wutip, the first storm in the East Sea so far this year, has wreaked havoc across central Vietnam, claiming lives, displacing residents, and causing widespread damage to houses, crops, and ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Cuts made by the Trump administration are threatening the function of a tiny but crucial office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that maintains the US’s framework of ...

President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an "artificially drawn line." But experts say just because it was man-made doesn't mean it's not legitimate.

The bad news is that the UK, along with all of the world's most populated cities, is directly in the firing line. And to make matters worse, even the experts aren't sure exactly where or when it ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point.

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 ...