A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

The Bedmap3 from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the most detailed depiction ever captured of the southernmost ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

The world still holds mysteries, even the size of continents. And sometimes, the greatest discoveries are the ones we were never quite sure existed.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in the north, to the Cape region in the south. Join presenter, Chioma, as she ...

A near-death experience in the jungle with armed guerrilla fighters led to one horticulturist creating his dream garden at a ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less ...

Scientists warn that 4°C (7.2°F) of warming will make the average person 40 per cent poorer by 2100, while the average Briton ...

A brain implant allows “outies” to go on with the business of being a person in the world, blissfully ignorant ... full of wild anecdotes about lost continents and blue-skinned gurus; it ...

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...