For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

From safari ‘star beds’ to the Taj Mahal after hours, after-dark experiences are increasing in popularity with travellers all ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... pinged a sonar beam in its direction, taken some images—and left. In recent years explorers like James Cameron ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic ... through the images captured by scientists and National Geographic photographers. Matthew W. Chwastyk, NGM Staff Sources ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... plastic waste ends up in the ocean, Earth’s last sink. In 2015, Jenna Jambeck, a University of Georgia ...

This story appears in the April 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The purpose of cities is to bring people together. In the 20th century, we blew them apart. One day last year ...

This lesser-visited national park in England’s West Country is a haven for walkers, stargazers and lovers of literature.

When photographer Jim Richardson first pitched National Geographic Magazine on a story about his home state of Kansas, his editors at the time were focused on covering some of the most dramatic ...

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.