The DuPage County Board honored Lucy Westlake as part of a proclamation for Women’s History Month. The board commemorated the ...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

Colombia is a country of geographic diversity, with islands, beaches, deserts, grasslands and mountains. In the highlands of ...

Today, each member of the POWDER staff has written about three or four ski runs that they think serve up the best views in ...

Thompson’s Store anchors the downtown as the oldest grocery store in North Carolina. Step inside and the worn wooden floors creak pleasantly beneath your feet as you browse shelves stocked with local ...

During springtime, the town wears its seasonal finery with casual grace. Daffodils and tulips nod from garden beds, flowering ...

The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to the return of Forts Bragg and Benning and the newly re-renamed Mount ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...