This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Zane Grey made his ... their shorter pectoral fins (in this article, “makos” will refer to shortfin makos ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In this time-lapse video, a 436-cubic-meter surface slick sample yields a profusion of organic and synthetic debris.

This story appears in the August 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. We sink into Stargate ... Kakuk collects a water sample for Macalady in a plastic tube. He points out a fish with ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s a warm winter day in southern California, and busloads of tourists are pulling into an overlook above Beverly ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

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 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Because the wedding was illegal and a secret, except to the invited guests, and because marriage rites in Rajasthan are ...

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 ...

A version of this story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Citrus, in many ways, stands alone. So many cultivated species have come from so few primary ancestors.

World-famous American magazine National Geographic named Bucharest “Europe’s next great food destination” in a recent article ...