National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–a new age of discovery is already here.

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

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Aristotle described the phenomenon back in the fourth century B.C.Leonardo in Renaissance Italy sketched the process.

As National Geographic reimagines its iconic headquarters for the 21st century, here’s a look back at its history as a base for both Cold War spies and the Society’s own Explorers.

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the digital age, when it’s easy to manipulate a photo, it’s harder than ever to ensure that the images we publish ...