Giorgi Ramishvili, a prominent businessman who once posed with Trump for reporters, was detained by Georgian police. The ...

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Inside the foundry forging $15,000 artisanal samurai swords It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths who know ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions for a new age.

How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope In a new film, the legendary 99-year-old confronts the destruction of the ocean—to inspire us to save it.

During his groundbreaking papacy, Pope Francis inspired the masses as he challenged the traditions and standards of the Catholic Church.

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. A visitor to the Manhattan office of Gabriela Hearst doesn’t need to peruse the impeccably well-made clothes to spot proof of the fashion ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.

After Camp Century was up and running, newspapers and magazines—including National Geographic —sent reporters to visit the Arctic outpost and tour its labyrinth of tunnels, all lit up by that ...