English is unsurprisingly the de facto official language of America, despite no official language ever being legally or ...

The world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

The eye can perceive millions of colors, but we struggle to name them. Colors that Westerners perceive as "primary" or pure ...

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...

Autumn in Japan is a season for mountain climbing, and the number of foreign hikers is rising. Police statistics show that ...

In search of Hezbollah commanders, Israel expanded its military operation from the south to the north of Lebanon, mainly populated by Christians. A UNHCR report states most of 22 people killed in an I ...

as they did in World War II, for example. Instead, combat operations focus on strategically important roads, cities and facilities. Maps showing large areas held by Russian troops therefore often ...

THE artist behind one of the world’s longest treasure hunts has launched a second tricky puzzle to try and unlock a £650,000 ...

For starters it includes full timetables and maps for transit services across the world, and can integrate ... especially if you speak English. Celebrity voices are also available, but those ...

The attention to detail and how they were introduced impressed players of the shooter set in a dark future.

An under-the-radar Rocky Mountains resort town – with a name traditionally associated with a New York deli staple – is poised to land on the culinary map, at least that’s the hope of famed ...

A map shows the most common language spoken in each US state after English and Spanish ... are spoken in other areas. READ ...