Mapping out geology across the U.S. is surprisingly difficult, but the USGS has managed just that, and its map is more ...

The Heritage Foundation released a guide to historic sites, helping families appreciate American history ahead of the 250th ...

U.S. Google Maps results for "Gulf of Mexico," automatically changed to "Gulf of America" and showing the location's label as "Gulf of America." Credit: Mashable screenshot / Google Late last month, ...

Apple's macOS Maps app showing the Gulf of Mexico labelled as such, with a popup calling it the Gulf of America. Credit: Mashable screenshot: Apple Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the ...

The 510-year-old map is the first to name America. A world map in the form of a set of gores for a terrestrial globe, from 1507 by cartographer Martin Waldseemueller is displayed at Christie's auction ...

Indigenous communities may play a crucial role in the preservation of Central America’s forests, according to a new map produced by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ...

A new report from personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the safest cities in America for 2025.

GENEVA — Centuries before it became a continent or country synonymous with wealth, power, freedom or democracy, "America" was coined by a Renaissance cartographer as the catchall designation for a ...

I usually work on general relativity and cosmology. I have always loved geometrical things. As a kid I was fascinated by map projections. When I was 14, I made a painted globe of Mars based on a flat ...