How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

President Trump issued an executive order reverting the name of Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to Mount McKinley.

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after ...

Snohomish County enhanced its web maps for better navigation, with faster functionality and improved user access to geographic data.

William is in a big city with a river and lots of important ... Lock the location cheese phone! Narrator: The map shows William where to meet Kulala. William Whiskerson: Explorers away!

Celebrate National Geographic Day on 27 January 2025 by honoring the explorers, scientists, and storytellers who uncover the ...

Last year was a busy time for lawmakers and lobbyists concerned about AI — most notably in California, where Gavin Newsom ...

A controversy is brewing over the fate of a 100-year-old, 80-plus-foot-tall California coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...