Using sightings over four decades, researchers have pinpointed three main orca habitats off Australia, with key differences ...

Readers discuss a guest essay about birthrates and the world’s population. Also: A citizens’ celebration for America’s 250th ...

When you spy this nation on the map you might think it looks tiny wedged in on the contingent of Europe but when you take ...

Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural ...

Discover why New York City is the most populous U.S. city, boasting over 8.3 million residents across its five boroughs.

This animated map shows how global populations are distributed across Earth by dividing the globe into slices covering 10% of ...

As the number of Palestinians killed in the Israel-Hamas war continues to rise, social media users are falsely claiming that a Harvard University study has determined that nearly 400,000 in the Gaza ...

Israel's overnight attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and missile factories has sparked fears that WWIII may be imminent. Now, a map shows the potential devastation of a nuclear attack on the US.

According to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index map, this 50% of the world's population live in 36 countries (it was 31 countries in 2023) that are among the most populous in the world.

The United States maintains an outsized military presence around the world. Which bases lay the claim to the largest in terms of population?