A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

See the map Since countries are free to choose which date ... Kiribati straddles the equator and is located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia, northeast ...

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...

Since his first run for the White House in 2016, Trump has repeatedly clashed with Mexico over a number of issues, including ...

See the map Since countries are free to choose which date ... Kiribati straddles the equator and is located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia, northeast ...

Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2025. The last country to issue in the new year will the Baker Island and Howland Island.

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025. Auckland was the first major ...

The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and the Nimitz in the Eastern Pacific.

We’re going to be making some changes to our maps. You may have heard ... The Atlantic Ocean becomes the East America Ocean and the Pacific Ocean becomes the West America Ocean.