The National Geographic Society’s CEO reflects on its long history of global exploration and invites a future inspiring the ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem.

For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before ...

As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

This once-quiet ski town and gateway to Yellowstone National Park has transformed, balancing cutting-edge innovation and luxury with wild beauty and solitude.

A lack of tree cover in low-income areas has left many residents especially vulnerable to rising heat. It’s a legacy of the ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campbell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation. Peter Campbell examines a Gandharan stucco head of a bodhisattva, an ...

They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...

The new fossil was unearthed in a remote part of Argentinian Patagonia—and had teeth comparable to a T. rex, says National Geographic Explorer Diego Pol. The fossil skull of Kostensuchus atrox, a ...

The sport doesn’t just have physical benefits—it’s a mental game. “Rock climbing fires every system of the body and mind.” A man boulders to the top of the Aguille de Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree ...

Photojournalist Ami Vitale followed Przewalski’s horses—once declared extinct in the wild—on a 2,000-mile journey back to ...