National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–the hunt for the 'Endurance'.

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–uncover secrets of the penguins.

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating.

Human bones and artifacts from the largest whalers’ graveyard in the archipelago are at risk of disintegrating.

A new collection of the photographer's work celebrates our beautiful world—and shows how much we stand to lose.

The Ridgeway, an 87-mile walking route between Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire, passes several ancient sites that reverberate ...

"A river rises in mountains and dies in sand and in its dying gives birth to a jewel at the edge of the Kalahari: the Okavango Delta." So described this African landscape by famed nature photographer ...

Discover a seabird that’s as comfortable underwater as it is in midair. Learn what threats menace booby colonies around the ...

From vintage wine to restored frescoes, National Geographic gained access to thousands of fragile artifacts that capture the ...

After decades of dead ends, researchers have discovered a combination of genes that can generate new cells in the inner ...

After a fragment was found in 1943 and dated to 500 B.C., the Nok terra-cotta sculptures shook up the Eurocentric academic ...

In the sixth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur investigates a ...