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

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Despite this, scientific understanding of how Antarctic marine life is responding to this unprecedented warming scenario is ...

The state’s true character can be found down dirt roads without traffic lights and inside warmly lit farmhouse inns.

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

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

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives.

Longyearbyen, Norway, and Ushuaia, Argentina, offer travelers the opportunity to see unspoiled landscapes, rare wildlife, and vast glacial ice—along with a spirit of endurance and camaraderie.

“Redheads are not going extinct,” says Katerina Zorina-Lichtenwalter, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Behavioral ...

For most families, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime splurge trip — one best appreciated by kids over seven, who can manage the ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...