A vast ocean chock-full of microbes may have once covered more than a third of Mars's surface, according to a new analysis of ...

Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting.

Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four oceans. Until now. National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent ...

It has been taught for a very long time that there are four different oceans on Earth, those being the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. Now, that is all about to change on some maps. Yes, the ...

The National Geographic Society is changing the world map. The 130-year-old exploration and education nonprofit marked World Oceans Day on Tuesday by declaring that the waters around Antarctica will ...

Related video: Glaciers all over the world are melting at a more rapid paceThe National Geographic knows a thing or two about maps: They've been making them since 1915. Over those 106 years, the famed ...

I remember when Pluto got demoted from being a regular planet to a dwarf planet. Everyone got real upset. Why? I have no idea. The change in designation didn’t alter anyone’s life in any way. (Except ...

WASHINGTON -- National Geographic is marking World Oceans Day by recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. While all of the planet's ocean waters are interconnected, National ...

WASHINGTON -- National Geographic is marking World Oceans Day by recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. While all of the planet's ocean waters are interconnected, National ...