In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

The incident is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have rocked South Africa in recent years. At least 11 people – including a three-year-old child – have been killed in a mass shooting at a ...

We found what looked like a normal cave entrance… but it turned out to be anything but. A mile beneath the city lies a hidden network — old, eerie, and unexplained. Some say it was built for war, ...

Gary Gibson, 65, died while cave diving with two other men at Tank Cave on Sunday. A friend has described his careful and funny nature. A diver who died deep underground in a cave in South Australia's ...

The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg President Trump said on Wednesday ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

One of the most hotly debated questions in the history of Neanderthal research has been whether they created art. In the past few years, the consensus has become that they did, sometimes. But, like ...

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed nation like South Korea isn't on that list. Google Maps has long been shunned ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...