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

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

Minnesota may be known for its accent and music icon Prince, but the state is also home to pristine national and state parks, ...

Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

This hub of American colonial history features cobblestone streets, botanical gardens, theme parks—and a 300-acre living ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

Imagine running with a view of the Pyramids of Giza or inside the valley of a dormant volcano. The new book 100 Runs of a ...

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for an ancient route.

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 ...

A National Geographic docuseries recounts the experiences ... The startlingly immediate images are accompanied by newly recorded witness narration that describes what is onscreen.

The rare Sable Cruiser dragonfly is one of only about twenty such sightings since the insect was discovered in 1920. It is ...

The waters around the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (yellow and blueback fusiliers) hold some of the world's most pristine coral reefs Paul Nicklen / National Geographic Image Collection At first ...