Cartography or mapmaking has been a vital part of human history for thousands of years. People have been using maps to define, explain and navigate their way through the world – from cave paintings to ...

A 281-year-old map from the collection of an English duke is to be put forward by the government of the Philippines to support its claim to islands in the South China Sea that are presently being ...

Hundreds of destroyed homes are visible in this aerial photograph from the Samar province of The Philippines. (Reuters) It will be months before we know the true damage brought about by super typhoon ...

The Murillo Velarde map details trading routes between islands and mainland China A 300-year-old map described as "the Holy Grail" for collectors has broken an auction house's record after changing ...

Located in the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire, volcanic and seismic activities can occur anytime in the Philippines, which has 23 active volcanoes – a number that can still increase, according to the ...

When disaster strikes, chaos can ensue. Even on social media, where hundreds of thousands of tweets, Facebook posts, and Instagrams can overwhelm human capacity to get a clear picture of who needs ...

The status of seagrass in the Philippines remains widely unknown, although their importance both for food security and mitigating the impacts of climate change have been acknowledged PUERTO PRINCESA, ...