The Cincinnati Zoo is mourning the loss of Savanna, a 13-year-old cheetah who was featured on “National Geographic.” ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff and contributors for their favorite places to escape the stress and noise ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is celebrating a major milestone this year, marking 60 years since expedition travel, as we now know it, first began. On January 23, 1966, Swedish explorer ...

Rising dramatically from the Atlantic Ocean floor around 23 million years ago, the Canary Islands were formed by volcanic activity that still shapes their landscape today. From the undulating, ...

Scientists are still untangling why the nutrient gap persists—and what it reveals about how women’s health is studied and treated. A woman lounges on a chair in the sun. Vitamin D is a crucial ...

From Yosemite’s Badger Pass to little-known slopes in Washington State and Ohio, three parks offer a rare chance to ski inside some of the country’s most protected landscapes. A backcountry skier ...

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

“In my opinion, invisibility is no longer a science fiction concept.” A B-2 stealth bomber takes off from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to using anti-reflective paint to ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists finally figure out what it is. Using data from the James Webb ...

This once niche astrological practice has entered the mainstream as travelers seek more intentional connections to the places they visit and live. Astrocartography is rising in popularity, as more and ...

Earth is covered with technofossils, or man-made materials, that will last for centuries and maybe even longer. Technofossils, anything that is man-made, including new materials, will persist in the ...