The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho ...

These soggy spots have been dismissed as inhospitable smudges on the map — even serving as a metaphor for corruption that ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast ...

Could future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100? Experts are drawing up maps which ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

Madagascar just pulled off the unthinkable, going toe-to-toe with Russia, Iran, and China in the elite world of caviar. The island nation best known for its tropical beaches and lemurs is now Africa’s ...

The tropical paradise ... most beautiful islands in the world, rising from the vast Indian Ocean and boasting an abundance of stunning beaches. With its warm climate, crystal-clear turquoise ...

The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already ...

By John Yoon Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Friday ... a desert that is home to some of the world’s largest iron ore mines. The storm was packing winds of 132 miles per hour, equivalent ...

Major infrastructural and engineering developments have been installed as part of the country's defence against floods. But ...