The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

New Map Shows Where Earth Has Gained and Lost Land. Scientists who mapped where land and water have shifted were surprised to find that Earth has gained more land than it has lost since 1985.

There’s also a new “Earth” tab on Google Maps, right next to the Satellite and Map tabs. Here’s a how-to video that Google has published showing how it all works.

New maps show food production now takes up 40 percent of the Earth's land surface, revealing the extent to which farming has changed the face of the planet, scientists say.

Imagine a world where all the land ice on Earth melts. It might sound like a scenario for a science fiction movie, but the possibility is becoming increasingly real due to the impacts of climate ...

By Kristine Sabillo Researchers have released new maps documenting the “Great Nile Migration,” the Earth’s largest-known land mammal migration across South Sudan and Ethiopia. The maps chart ...

The defunct Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 is hurtling toward earth at 17,000mph, but predictions about where and when it will crash are pretty vague. So vague, in fact, that the map below shows it ...

Researchers have released new maps documenting the “Great Nile Migration,” the Earth’s largest-known land mammal migration across South Sudan and Ethiopia. Grant Hopcraft of the University ...