The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to ...

National Museum of Art, Mexico City. Following the fall of Tenochtitlan, an Aztec poet composed a searing account of the capture of the capital city. Written in the Nahuatl language, using the ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... in Nahuatl (the Aztec language), to Juan Diego, a baptized Indian canonized in 2002. She urged him to tell ...

Archaeologists from Tulane University and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have studied the circulation and use patterns of obsidian in the ce ...

Stare into the eyes of an Amazon tree snake, explore the inside of a lava tube, and dive into an underwater cave. Find your ...

Now, National Geographic has released the first trailer for "Ocean with David Attenborough," the first ever collaboration between National Geographic and the 98-year-old broadcasting legend known ...

For National Geographic’s 135th birthday, meet the people designing ocean-exploring gadgets and handmade art that brings science to life. Denley Delaney (right, wearing blue scarf), senior ...

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year. Borboroglu has been an Explorer since receiving the National ...

The National Geographic Endurance made its maiden call in London on May 1, sailing past the city's Tower Bridge and iconic Big Ben clocktower ahead of National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions’ ...

1 of 13 Archaeologists study a colossal Olmec stone head in La Venta, Mexico in this 1947 National Geographic photo. The Olmec civilization, the first in Mesoamerica, offers valuable clues into ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. A pioneer of big-mountain snowboarding, Jeremy Jones watched as helicopters made remote backcountry runs suddenly reachable, enabling access to ...