After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again ...

While local ownership is growing, Black entrepreneurs remain rare in the billion-dollar safari industry. These trailblazers ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists agree. This illustration of megalodon may be wrong. The ancient ...

The nonprofit National Geographic Society, committed to illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world, funded Explorer Diego Pol's work. Learn more about the Society’s support of Explorers.

Cascata da Portela do Homem, close to the Spanish border, is one of many waterfalls in Peneda-Gerês National Park in northern Portugal. Photograph by Gina Spinelli Portugal’s lesser-visited ...

Israeli decision-makers are planning to resume the war in Gaza within four to six weeks with great force, sending tens of thousands of soldiers into Gaza in a coordinated attack against Hamas, the ...

The British National Anthem in its present form dates back to the eighteenth century. The words and tune are anonymous, and may date back to the seventeenth century. 'God Save The King' was a ...

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left more than 28,000 dead or missing. See incredible footage of the tsunami swamping cities and turning buildings into rubble. All across northern Japan they ...