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.

For centuries, the Seine River has been Paris’s dumping ground. A billion-dollar cleanup is trying to make it swimmable again. The history of Paris is inextricably linked to the river that flows ...

From cardiovascular disease and obesity to a weakened immune system, the side effects of stress can be life-altering. But there may be a way to prevent those outcomes. This questionnaire—first ...

After a recent video, someone from the National Geographic Society reached out to give me an updated set of their atlases.

From the ‘brains’ of NASA’s Europa Clipper to a lion’s mane jellyfish, the 29 images selected for the 2023 annual National Geographic Pictures of the Year issue commemorate extraordinary photographs ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Lendrum downloads the latest data from several cougars fitted with satellite radio collars.

Next stop, the Spud State? National Geographic has published its annual list of “Best of the World” travel destinations for 2025 — and it’ll have you jetting everywhere from obscure ...

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 ...

National Geo's Washington DC museum plans to place visitors inside the stories and inspire a new generation of explorers ...

The hottest revival trend in travel for 2025? That would be “fun,” according to National Geographic editor-in-chief Nathan Lump, who spoke exclusively to CNN ahead of the Tuesday reveal of ...

National Geographic plans to open a 100,000-square-foot museum in downtown D.C. by mid-2026, the organization announced Monday. The reconceived Museum of Exploration will serve as an expansion of ...