Meet the nurse who explorers call when trouble arises in the field—whether it's avoiding a deadly tropical disease, dealing with toxic gasses from a volcanic eruption, or treating a snakebite on a ...

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

Whether you’re posting on social media or taking to the streets, a young environmentalist has advice on how to make a difference. A climate activist waves a flag bearing the symbol of environmental ...

A tree is sometimes more than just a tree. Quaking aspens, North America’s most widely distributed tree, often reproduce through cloning. What appear as individual trees are instead collections of ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has been diving in the Gulf of Maine for more than 40 years. After learning these waters were a harbinger of climate change, he set out to document the ...

Where People Meet Place Discover the fascinating world of population geography! From the densest cities to the emptiest ...

Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS) — the ...

As explosive eruptions and frequent quakes capture global attention, the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' raises questions over where ...

Next time you’re at the grocery store and reaching for that gallon of whole milk, maybe instead, for the sake of the environment, think about changing things up and choosing some soy, oat, or even—if ...

India has added seven new names to the Martian geological map. Prominent Kerala locations like Periyar, Bekal, Varkala, ...

Thirty-five years after NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the United States Congress about the specter of climate change, Earth is on pace to experience 2.7°Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) ...