The cover of National Geographic magazine opens the door to adventure and broadens horizons. "'Come look,' it says. 'See what wonder the world contains,'" writes Chris Johns, the Society's chief ...

A few years ago, a photo of Black women divers at the National Museum of African American History and Culture captured the imagination of Tara Roberts, then a soon-to-be National Geographic Explorer.

Tara Roberts is the first black woman explorer to cover National Geographic. She spoke with ABC News’ Linsey Davis about how her exploration into the wreckage of slave ships aims to humanize the ...

Copper or brass neck-rings were once universally worn by married Ndebele women of South Africa. Such iindzila were donned soon after a girl wed, around the age of 12.

First, we created a list of all women photographers who are of African descent that we knew, including the photographers we reached out to in 2006. We asked for recommendations, we scoured the ...

Though National Geographic wouldn’t put pictures on its cover until 1959, these “16 Pages of 4-Color Work” were proudly advertised on the front of the magazine.