Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly ...

To honor Koko's memory, National Geographic is republishing "Conversations With a Gorilla," our October 1978 cover story written by Francine Patterson, the psychologist who taught Koko how to sign.

James Webb telescope helped solve a decade-long mystery about the universe’s expansion rate, shedding new light on the cosmic ...

These small vortices of darkness may have swirled to life soon after the universe formed with the big bang, some 13.7 billion years ago, and then quickly evaporated. Astronomers also suspect that ...

Pat Riddell, editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), said: “Our competition goes from strength to strength, with this year’s easily one of the strongest yet. World-class photography ...

And they’re likely to live better. Lack of mobility is one of the top reasons that seniors lose independence, according to the National Institute on Aging, and it’s also closely linked to ...

National Geographic photographer Keith Ladzinski focused on the positive when it came to forest fires: the solutions people are working on.

Usually he can be found analyzing data in an air-conditioned office, but lately he’s been pounding the city’s blistering pavement to map the ... contributor to National Geographic in print ...

For years, João Duarte has puzzled over a seemingly boring underwater expanse off the coast of Portugal. In 1969, this site spawned a massive earthquake that rattled the shore and sparked a tsunami.

A dam Riess was 27 years old when he began the work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and just 41 when he received ...

From King Tut’s tomb to the Dead Sea Scrolls, there’s seemingly nothing archaeologists can’t unearth. So why haven’t they found Atlantis yet? It’s a question regularly fielded by real ...

Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them. Experts say a "concerning" number of ...