A new study out of the U.K. lays out how thumbs helped shape brain development in humans and other primates. Scientists found ...

The company began making maps in 1915, and recognized four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic. Starting Tuesday, it’s recognizing the Southern Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean.

National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent and most visible mapmaking groups, has officially decreed the existence of a fifth ocean. Called the Southern Ocean, it’s the body of water ...

SCIENTISTS from around the globe are implementing a Google Maps-esque approach to unearthing the secrets hiding in the depths of the world’s oceans. Now, scientists are implementing a Google ...

National Geographic said it hopes that separately identifying the Southern Ocean will highlight the region's unique conservation needs.

A global map of the ocean floor could buoy the economy Researchers have mapped a quarter of it so far. Communications, shipping, mining and climate modeling could benefit.

To complete a map of Earth’s ocean floor, you’ve got to take to the high seas by boat. We've come a long way in ocean exploration since the days of the HMS Challenger, launched in 1858.