Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

Just north of the great Serengeti wildebeest migration, a smaller migration across the Mara ecosystem is collapsing. New maps ...

Tanzania is set to see the highest growth rate by 2100 (1.22), followed by Mauritania (1.18), Benin (1.11) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1.01)— all in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

Morocco's state news agency, MAP, reported the two buildings housed eight families. Sixteen people were injured and taken to ...

A research team from Munich has created an immense dataset of all structures in the world. It is intended to help with urban ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project aims to create this vital resource. Africa’s official maps are stuck in the ...

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...