The FAA announced on Monday it will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.

A researcher looking at erosion along a Canada river discovered an ancient indigenous site. Screengrab from Sturgeon Lake First Nation Official's Facebook post Just north of Prince Albert in central ...

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

Researchers analyzed thousands of ancient artifacts to track native American population changes in North America before ...

A small team of archaeologists and anthropologists from the University of Wyoming, Michigan State University, and the Desert ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

The federal government, including the military, is changing the name on maps to "Gulf of America." Even Google suggested it ...

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...