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.

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 ...

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 ...

In print, online, and in a broadcast series hosted by actor Will Smith, scientists and explorers journey to extreme places and explain curious phenomena. How one image captures 21 hours of a ...

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 ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... lack of provisions scuttled his plan to continue the search. On returning to England, he found Sir Walter Raleigh ...

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 January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... They go to fishing boats, where they search on the decks after the boats come in. They go to where the fishermen ...