National Geographic announced Tuesday that it is officially recognizing the body of water surrounding the Antarctic as the Earth's fifth ocean: the Southern Ocean. The change marks the first time in ...

Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four oceans. Until now. National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent ...

Corrections & clarifications: A prior version of this story misstated the name of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For the first time in over a century, there's a new ocean on the ...