This celestial chart from 1687 is one of many illustrations from books, charts, and maps showing artists’ imaginings of polar bears. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. This article is from ...

At a time when the mortality rate for distant maritime voyages was 50 percent, the Bible, legend, and lore gave birth to a sea full of extraordinary danger. The original "Carta Marina" was 23 square ...

More than 40 per cent of Europe is currently facing some form of drought, the latest official update reveals. Pockets of south-eastern Spain, Cyprus, Greece, and areas across the south-eastern Balkans ...

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

A Northern Irish forensic archaeologist is helping families locate the unmarked graves of stillborn children throughout Northern Ireland. Toni Maguire, 66, has spent the best part of 20 years ...