Most of us can place our hometown on a map - but have you ever thought about which cities lie parallel? A new map lets you ...

While Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived near each other and likely interacted, they usually preferred living in slightly ...

As global powers eye the Arctic’s promise, its harsh realities — from ice to infrastructure — underscore how poorly it’s ...

Routes between North America, Europe, and Asia routinely cross Greenland, northern Canada, or the Arctic Ocean. At the same ...

Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling that the ...

Togo formally petitioned the United Nations to adopt a world map that accurately reflects Africa’s land area, citing scientific accuracy and global relevance. Officials seek to move institutions away ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of ...

President Donald Trump is hoping to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory covering more than 836,000 square miles —three times the size of Texas, with about 80% covered by a massive ice cap.

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy. The work comes from the University of Derby, led by Dr. Jordan Phethean. His ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is. President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing ...

President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenland's location between North America and Russia gives it ...