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 ...

That’s why National Geographic and Rolex have partnered to support trailblazing scientific research, expeditions, and solutions to increase our understanding of the threats facing the planet’s ...

This story appears in the December 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine. Esther Horvath has been an Explorer since 2018. The San Francisco-based photographer has traveled around the globe to ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Fairy tales can come true, but sometimes it takes a few decades. As a city kid, Elena Anosova heard seemingly tall tales ...

(Sources: Benny Goller and Doug Altshuler, University of British Columbia, Vancouver) This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In pursuit of the world’s ...

Photograph by VICTOR AMMANN This story appears in the November 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine. A fellow of the Explorers Club, Miami-based Angela Posada-Swafford reports on scientific ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A mother kangaroo and her joey hop across Main Street to graze on a scruff of grass growing near a gas pump.

A guide to Dublin, from literary classics to coastal trails From Temple Bar to the Book of Kells, the Irish capital has its fair share of iconic attractions, but you’ll find just as much magic ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you noticed them at all, they’d look like nothing more than tiny, windblown seeds floating amid the rushes at the ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “You need to have your throat cut out and your decomposing, bug-infested body fed to wild pigs.” An anonymous ...

This story appears in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed a monumental problem they’d been ignoring for decades ...