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

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from ...

In and around the Howardian Hills, chefs are crafting dishes that sing of this county’s rich larder, with ingredients like ...

Scientists are discovering that the oral microbiome—home to hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi—may help predict ...

Beneath the cliffs of western Colorado, a billion years of geologic history unfolds—and a century-old dream of accessibility still shapes the land.

The gorilla moves with quiet majesty through Uganda’s highland forests, while across the country, communities are stepping up ...

The heroes who saved the world's last tigers Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully photographed feature, National ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Experts say the benefits of the heart-healthy "portfolio" diet are exponential—from lowering your cholesterol to reducing ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

These ancient trees persisted for nearly 200 million years until they all but vanished. Now they line city streets.

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