Over the last 25 years, the world map has undergone dramatic changes due to wars, diplomacy, and shifting alliances. This video explores the most significant geopolitical transformations.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Wars, independence movements, and territorial disputes have continuously reshaped the world map. This video explores the most significant changes and their historical impact.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy. Some geologists were adamant that an asteroid produced the nearly-perfect ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size. Mercator projection Equal Earth projection ...

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, ...

"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 ...