Imagine if Greenland bordered Portugal, Brazil no longer had a coastline, and Tibet suddenly lay by the sea. It sounds unimaginable, but this was actually the case about 300 million years ago. The ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

With the hundreds of countries spread around the globe, there's more than a few that are difficult to pinpoint. Here are several of the smallest countries that most people will struggle to find on a ...

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 ...