Retired president and chairman Gilbert M. Grosvenor, now 91, had a front-row seat to audacious feats of exploration. Gilbert M. Grosvenor meets with National Geographic staff members after he was ...

From their environmental impact to how grifters are cashing in, here’s what you should know about non-fungible tokens. Visitors take in “Machine Hallucinations — Space: Metaverse,” an immersive ...

Each time National Geographic Explorer and photographer Kiliii Yüyan returns to the Arctic, he navigates through a “forever landscape.” “You can hear the sled dogs, you can just smell the wind—it’s ...

Around 4,500 years ago, a structure of enormous stones aligned with solar patterns was erected in England’s Salisbury Plain by a civilization without metal tools, horsepower, or wheels. Many of the ...

From the Mothman, Wampus Cat, and Raven Mocker to the Grafton and Flatwoods Monsters, the Appalachians are teeming with supernatural creatures. TikTok is flooded with stories of #hauntedappalachia.

On a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own ...

From Caesar to Napoleon, the Pyramids to the Parthenon, the Trojan War to the Civil War—National Geographic History magazine draws readers in with more than 5,000 years of people, places, and things ...

Here’s everything you need to know about exploring the Emerald Isle—when to go, where to stay, what to do, and how to get around. Bicyclists roll along the 26-mile-long Great Western Greenway. Running ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

A plastic bag, a dirty pizza box, plastic utensils, paper napkins, and a soda can—a single takeout meal can feel like a game of recycling trivia. Which items can be recycled? What kinds of plastic go ...

Ahmed Ibrahim Yousef, 75, helps deliver a baby camel to a malnourished and dehydrated mother in a village near the border with Somaliland in the Horn of Africa. The carcasses of animals that died from ...

A flat-topped peak gives researchers a chance to identify new species and unlock secrets of evolution. The biggest challenge: getting there. Mount Roraima rises from the rainforest where the borders ...