Looking at a world map feels simple. Each country seems to sit neatly on one continent. But geography loves surprises. Some countries stretch across t.

A massive hidden rupture beneath the Himalayas is tearing the Earth apart, leaving scientists deeply concerned.

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

The research has revealed hidden hills, alpine-style valleys, eroded troughs, flat lowlands and high-relief terrain that were ...

Where some cities fade away with time, others are deliberately erased and destroyed. Deep within Central Asia, a chilling ...

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine fields across four continents believe they’ve hit upon more than just the earth ...

Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

New Antarctica map reveals a landscape of hidden valleys and channels beneath ice, improving sea-level rise and ice flow ...

Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep channels buried ...

Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.

Scientists have combined satellite data with the physics of ice flow analysis to create a map of Antarctica's hidden ...