Though it has some of the world's most significant reserves, Latin America has not emerged as a key player in the rare earth ...

This story appears in the November 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. America has had two great ages of exploration. The one that every schoolchild learns about began in 1804, when Thomas ...

If you're not a fan of the recently renamed Gulf of America, you can call it whatever ... its title will appear over the water of a map that users can download or share on social media — the ...