Europe and North America were enlarged, while Africa—immense and central to global geography—was reduced in size. The effect, over centuries, has been more than aesthetic. IT might look like a small ...

Even where national parks are well run, their presence does little to help preserve semi-protected areas such as ...

For over a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has woven a tapestry of ...

This short tells a story about how the world would look if Germany had won WW2. If Germany won, the things in the world would ...

The legendary pair share their thoughts on the craft of photography, what goes into a great shot, and what they hope for the ...

When a child opens a world atlas, they deserve the truth—not illusion. For centuries, however, geography lessons have been ...

Geography teachers will be in tears over these common geography mistakes How many of these geography mistakes have you made?

The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources Africa (UNU-INRA) and the Department of Geography and Resource ...

Africa is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western, making it the most ...

Europe's politicians and deal brokers are terminally ill-versed in the harsh reality of war and peace. Until Europe and its leaders accept geography as a basic fact of European existence, its irreleva ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...