Head out on a poteo — pintxos walk — through the medieval Old Quarter of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the underrated regional capital ...

National Geographic spoke with Thunberg via Zoom about how her activism has changed over the past year, and how her message might survive an increasingly complex world. (This interview has been ...

They have since been taken by the conservation nonprofit The National Trust, and 49 of them— one for each foot the tree stood before it was felled— will be given to community spaces around the ...

I gift my dad a Parks Project T-shirt, and it's always a hit. Shop these stellar shirts, and help America's National Parks ...

Stacks of past issues of National Geographic magazines against a white background. In Conkin’s novel Community Board, the lead character retreats from an imploded marriage to her parents' empty ...

Photograph by RONAN DONOVAN A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in New York City, Kholood Eid photographed biologists and activists across ...

Greeks don’t hike. You’ll hear this everywhere you go in Greece — usually from the locals themselves. They can’t see the point, apparently; uses up too much beach time. If that’s the ...

Reuben Wu, a British photographer and visual artist based in Chicago, was first introduced to National Geographic as most⁠ people are: When he was a child, he enjoyed looking at the magazines ...

Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ease symptoms of anxiety and depression. A European robin, Erithacus ...

For the past 20 years writing for National Geographic, I’ve identified and studied the world’s longest-lived areas, which I call blue zones. These places—Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia ...

A scientist examines an axolotl x-ray at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City. What’s more, understanding axolotl genetics could ...

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney. A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood ...