Comprising less than 5% of the world's population ... This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Oriente Region, Ecuador — Pushed forward by a chugging ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated ... (FEMA did not respond to a request by National Geographic for an interview.) FIRM’s shortfalls date to their creation ...

In the meantime, roadies should take full advantage of modern Italian cuisine, says National Geographic ... create a 3D map of the site. (Discover 20 other amazing Best of the World destinations ...

Johannes Putsch’s 1533 map personified the continent as a queen ... Album The queen addresses them as “the most brilliant stars of the world,” and entreats them to end the wars—in Italy ...

In 2014 French researchers measured an unofficial 142°F in the shade here—a potential world record ... A frequent contributor to National Geographic in print and online, Elizabeth Royte ...

The Delicate Arch natural monument and La Sal mountains in Arches National Park are sought-after natural sites. Point to any part of America’s vast 50-state map and there’s an adventure to be had.

“These two sister missions, both aimed to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world capable of melting ... The other, VERITAS, will make detailed maps of the planet’s surface and ...

In this 17th-century map, with top facing south ... At the time, Europeans were grappling with a sea change in their vision of the world, one that was expanding dramatically with increasing ...

Built like a torpedo with rows of terrifying 2.5-inch teeth, the world’s largest predatory shark ... the more difficult it is to map the food chain and track the impacts when an animal is ...

Living throughout the world’s temperate and tropical seas ... still has a way to go before scientists can mark an “X” on a map of the Indian Ocean. The team was able to model only the ...

(Explore the galactic map that could guide aliens to Earth ... club for a stargazing session with telescopes. (These are the world’s best stargazing spots.) Another “well-placed” globular ...

The only problem: There was no modern map of the route ... “We’ve been invaded by everyone until World War II,” says archaeologist Gianmatteo Matullo. “This is where the real richness ...