In a nutshell Scientists discovered sea turtles can learn and remember specific magnetic field signatures of geographic ...

The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.The change ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

China is back at it again. According to reports, Beijing raised objections to two Bangladeshi textbooks and a map on the Department of Survey’s website for not showing the northeast Indian state of ...

The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of ...

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.

Google Maps is by far the world’s most used navigation and mapping app, with an estimated 1 billion active monthly users. That status means it has often been involved in political and geographical ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...

“Today we use maps to find our way from A to B, but early maps were not solely tools of geography. They helped people to understand the world around them and their place within it ...