Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

Apple has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps after an order by President Donald Trump ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

Satellite images in Beit Hanoun, a city on the northeast of the Gaza Strip, show the Star of David etched into the ground of ...

Global experts will debate threats from artificial intelligence (AI) at a gathering in Paris on Thursday and Friday, ahead of ...

A downstate Champaign elected official’s use of an antisemitic symbol on his personal Facebook page has drawn condemnation from his colleagues.

While some might argue that Glasgow lacks the prestige of Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, Fiona Whitting embarked on a journey to the lively city where she once studied ... a huge disused cantilever ...

The holy city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is the alleged home of a map that could unlock the secrets of the universe.

An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl is now getting global attention. Experts from 12 countries gathered in Greece last week to discuss an effort to help this remarkable predator that ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.