In 1977, with dozens of fires set daily and tourism in freefall, New York hired an artist to save the city. His infamous ...

is a campaign by National Geographic magazine to raise awareness and help reverse the global environmental crisis caused by single-use plastic. The initiative invites readers to take a pledge to ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

A major shakeup in leadership is underway at the National Park Service. Late last week, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency essentially took over the Interior Department ...

Why the hell does anyone watch the NFL Draft? Lord knows I understand why so many people watch the NFL. (The league was ...

Lightweight, robust and waterproof walking shoes for all-conditions clambering, scrambling and trekking escapades (just don’t ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes the sounds of a vocalist warming up drift through the lush aviaries of Umgeni River Bird Park. The prima donna ...

This story appears in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Miller brothers looked more like prospectors than paleobotanists. Their beards were caked with dirt; goggles kept ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The blue light of dawn reveals the shadowed contours of the Arabian desert as Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum bin Juma al ...

Extreme adoration at the start of a relationship, often followed by periods of withdrawal, is a tactic to lower victims' ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The young victim lies in a shallow grave in a vacant lot strewn with trash. It’s the Friday before Easter here in ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...