Reducing salt intake as a national guideline is also a safe bet for the population to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Plus, with our car-dependent, relatively sedentary lifestyles, the average ...

It’s not an essential for every traveler, but a soft, packable blanket goes a long way to helping you feel well-rested while ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming on Disney+, tells the story of the effort. It is the largest underwater 3D scan ever made, amounting to 16 ...

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

Sea moss is rich in nutrients—but it can also contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and iodine. Here’s what to know before you take it. A mix of kelp, Irish moss, and sea lettuce harvested ...

The more I thought about it, the more it became a symbol of the defiance and endurance of their spirit. Published in Issue 27 (spring 2025) of Food by National Geographic Traveller (UK).

Based in Alexandria, Virginia, Norie Quintos is a frequent contributor to National Geographic. Follow her on Instagram.

Satellite imagery of visible light for a nighttime scene near Java, Indonesia collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Highlighted in blue, the image shows what scientists ...

World-famous American magazine National Geographic named Bucharest “Europe’s next great food destination” in a recent article, praising it as a nexus between European and Eastern culinary ...

The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., but much of what we know about them today comes from Greek rather than Persian sources. The various Greek authors ...

intramural clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. “If the brain isn’t functioning properly, people call it brain fog.” Yet experts distinguish ...