This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... It was rejected as being overprocessed; our editors, on the other hand, saw the same photo and thought it was OK.

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Lots of people are talking about Avery Jackson, a nine-year-old girl from Kansas City who is the first transgender ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the past three years, this magazine has run 34 stories on climate change—including a special issue devoted entirely ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Editor’s note: As this issue went to press, the conflict in Gaza escalated. Hamas and other groups stepped up ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

National Geographic magazine former executive environment editor Dennis Dimick is the newest recipient of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award. Dimick received his ...