Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies into the United States of America.

Here’s your exclusive first look at a new star-map of Battlestar Galactica’s Twelve Colonies, designed by writer Jane Espenson and science advisor Kevin Grazier.

The discovery of new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica marks a significant advancement in wildlife research. Using satellite mapping technology, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey ...

Map: The British Colonies By the early 1600s, England was eager to gain a colonial foothold on the North American continent. The first enduring settlement was founded at Jamestown in Virginia in 1607.

New Colonies of Emperor Penguin Discovered Thanks to Bird Poop Seen from Outer Space. ... Per the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), there are only about 600,000 emperor penguins still alive today.

Satellite imaging has revealed that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought.. However, while the discovery has been welcomed, the previously ...

The new colonies Fretwell identified are mostly small. And at least some of the penguins appear to have moved because of unstable sea-ice conditions, he said in the article in Antarctic Science.

New satellite imagery reveals four previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica. The penguins move as the sea ice they use as hatching grounds becomes more unstable because of warming ...

US schools to get new world map after 500 years of 'colonial' distortion. Expert explains why maps of Britain show Cornwall 'ever so slightly' bigger than it actually is. Ian Johnston.

Satellite imaging has revealed that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought.. However, while the discovery has been welcomed, the previously ...