COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes ...

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

Millions of South Africans live in so-called “informal” housing, often built illegally and with minimal infrastructure. The absence of official addresses is a constant obstacle among the many daily ...

National Geographic’s photography community is now on Instagram at @NatGeoYourShot. Please follow us there for the latest photos from the community and tag your photos #YourShotPhotographer for ...

Why remote work, internal migration and movements into America may reshape the electoral map in the 2024 US Presidential Election ...

For years, conflicts have plagued nations bordering the Sahara Desert. But what exactly are the causes of the Sahel's ...

Smallholder farmers’ views on a proposed delay to a key EU forest conservation law remain mixed as the union’s Parliament is ...

Set to cover a staggering 1,544 square miles, one African country wishes to become a green hydrogen superpower, with a £7.2 ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...