If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries ...

We take a look at a handful misconceptions about Antarctica, from its alleged populations of bears to its current ownership.

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

Has anyone ever asked you whether New Zealand is part of Australia — or where exactly it sits on the world map?

The Lovecraft Atlas, which beautifully maps the cosmically terrifying worlds brought into existence H.P, Lovecraft, is only available in French at the moment. It has yet to be translated into English ...

A new book conceived by Newcastle University academic offers a contemporary view of life for young people in Bosnia and ...

Imagine a cruise, and chances are you’re picturing a gleaming white ocean liner, overflowing with pools, theatres and bars, cutting across the open seas towards a destination that is, at the very ...

In the last few months there have been at least twenty incidents of elephant seals emerging along Uruguayan beaches, both ...

Mount Rainer, the active stratovolcano located in Washington state, is likely shrinking due to climate change, according to new research.

A remarkable new book about the navigator, ‘Wide, Wide Sea’ by Hampton Sides, traces the adventurer’s third voyage and its fateful conclusion ...

China begins construction of a mega dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River: a colossal project that is raising fears downstream in ...

Another COP has ended, and Bélm in Brazil is recorded for posterity. However, as they always say at the end, it was another ...