Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is flattened to fit on a piece of paper it is distorted. This makes some ...

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

The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and ...

Identifying the seven continents, five oceans, the Equator, the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and the North and South Pole. and The Arctic Ocean. I orbit around the sun. Not that fast!

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. French admiral Claude d’Annebault knew his political career was in trouble. Once a top adviser to King Francis I, he ...