In the days since GPS was invented, many of us have lost the skill of navigating by a good old compass and map. As a family ...

New research reveals how cryptochromes, magnetite, and electromagnetic induction help animals detect magnetic cues and find ...

There are actually two North Poles. One has been wandering over northern Canada and north of there for years. An earth ...

When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it’s snowing so ...

Getting lost during a hike sounds like a nightmare for most people. Not only can it totally ruin your trip, but depending on ...

Canada Map Sales is set to close to the public at the end of March, because many maps are available online and modern ...

As it turns out, you learn a lot more from competing in the Rebelle Rally than just navigating and off-road […] ...

Scott Brame explains the difference between magnetic north and true north, as Santa and people all over the world prepare to travel.

A new tool developed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research and the University of Bonn makes spatial proteomics and lipidomics easier to use—no coding required. C-COMPASS ...

New research is revealing that baby sea turtles do not simply drift on ocean currents during their first epic journey. Instead, they carry a built‑in magnetic sense that lets them read Earth’s field ...

So it is worth studying the last time America took over 2m sparsely populated, richly endowed, strateg­ically located square kilometres. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson pulled off the Louisiana ...