As of Wednesday night, map applications for Google and Apple still called the mountain and the gulf by their old names.

While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out of Eden Walk, tracing humankind's journey out of Africa, has crossed 21 ...

A Russian spy ship seen in U.K. waters points to continuing worries over the safety of undersea cables that link the global economy.

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether ...

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.