Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Global maps that depict gradations of psychological traits often conceal as much as they reveal. Here’s a guide for savvy map ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

Forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres) which is approximately 30% of the world's land surface. FAO estimates that around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to ...