The world is a big place, so realistically, most people probably can’t accurately label every single country on a map. But we ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

Google Maps began the process of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump made the name change official. It is now ...

The word “Asia” didn’t start as the name of a continent. It began as a much smaller label used by ancient people trying to describe the world around them. Over time, that label expanded as maps ...

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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 ...

The U.S. State Department’s updated international travel page now features an interactive global advisory map showing countries listed under its higher-risk travel warning levels. The interactive map ...

From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is ...

AVALON, New Zealand — Under New Zealand, there lies a vast continent on the sea floor. Once part of the same land mass as Antarctica and Australia, the lost continent of Zealandia broke off 85 million ...

Ready to go on a world journey. It’s time to put your map skills to the ultimate test. In this quiz, you’ll face 25 questions where spotting errors on maps, flags, and country outlines is key. Too ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...