Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from the US and Australia recently produced a global map to illustrate this decline, made by combining data on things ...

Realizing that there really wasn’t a good map of the backcountry, Conant began to explore the idea of creating his own map. “It was the perfect opportunity to blend two of my passions: backpacking and ...

A new fine-scale map charting the world’s last remaining marine and terrestrial wildernesses has revealed some disturbing figures and the need for urgent global action. The study shows just 23% of the ...

Just 20 countries are home to 94% of the world’s remaining wilderness, excluding the high seas and Antarctica, according to our new global wilderness map, published on October 31 in Nature. A century ...

There aren’t many corners of the world left untouched by humanity. Recent research has highlighted that just 23 percent of the planet’s land surface (excluding Antarctica) and 13 percent of the ocean ...

A new study warns if the degradation rate continues, all wilderness areas will be at risk over the next 50 years The world’s last great wildernesses are shrinking at an alarming rate. In the past two ...

Two tourists said Google Maps mistakenly guided them into the Australian wilderness. The German pair told 9News it took them more than a week to find their way out. A spokesperson for Google said the ...

There aren’t many corners of the world left untouched by humanity. Recent research has highlighted that just 23% of the planet’s land surface (excluding Antarctica) and 13% of the ocean can now be ...