What’s in a name? How much does changing the name of a body of water really matter? These are the questions that irked ...

The Virginia coastline is dotted with historic villages, whose histories go back to the earliest days of Colonial America.

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

These uninhabited volcanic isles host an impressive array of Arctic birds, including one of North America’s most enigmatic species ... An ongoing project to map land cover could reveal the habitat ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Fresh from integrating SimCorp and rearranging its business lines, the German exchange has set American expansion as its goal ...

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

New Bern is not that town. Founded in 1710, this charming waterfront gem sits at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, making it one of North Carolina’s oldest cities. And boy, does it wear ...

HB 575 and HB 549 passed the Florida Senate on April 9 with the goal of ensuring that all official state documents, maps, and references reflect the designation "Gulf of America." The bills also ...

Nova Scotia’s cultural landscape is as diverse as its coastline, shaped by Mi'kmaq, French Acadian and African Nova Scotian communities. These coastal destinations, set along wave-worn cliffs and in ...