A mysterious red stain in the New Mexico desert has ignited a whirlwind of speculation, with some fearing a biblical prophecy ...

A large red spot visible on Google Maps in a US desert has ignited social media speculation about an apocalyptic prophecy, ...

A huge red spot spreading out in different directions, as seen on Google Maps, has triggered chatter about an end-of-times ...

A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another ...

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

This page updates weekly with maps and figures from a number of different data sources for monitoring Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) and Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) in the Northeast Pacific and Canadian ...

When the first printed Bible map appeared in 1525, it was supposed to clarify the ancient world of scripture. Instead, the printer accidentally flipped it—placing the Mediterranean Sea on the wrong ...

Scientists have begun testing the ecological impact of the desalinated water being pumped into the Sea of Galilee as part of a groundbreaking project aimed at halting the lake’s decline. In what is ...

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

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Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map. But that way of seeing the planet had to be learned, and a surprising teacher helped ...

THE CONVERSATION — Five hundred years ago, the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map ...