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These Canadian mountain towns offer the beauty of Banff—without the crowds
This is Banff National Park, one of the most beautiful—and famous—places on Earth. “It’s a real authentic town and not one that attracts busloads of tourists,” says Andy Brown ...
African dig uncovers bone tools that offer insights on early human life
Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a pioneering paleoanthropologist at ...
Inside Kowloon Walled City—a lawless metropolis where anarchy reigned in Hong Kong
Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political ...
The archaeological discovery that places humans in the Pyrenees during the Ice Age
The archaeological discovery that places humans in the Pyrenees during the Ice Age - ANALYSIS: Human presence in ...
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Documentary unearths the story of an unknown Texas archeological treasure trove
"This was the gold standard for Clovis sites in North America. More Clovis artifacts have been excavated at this site than ...
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How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils
They also can remain submerged for over 20 minutes. PHOTOGRAPH BY Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection By mid-December, as the Antarctic summer approaches, the chicks have started to ...
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The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
asked the 78-year-old director of the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer. “They’re comical, they’re curious, they’re endearing.” ...
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Escape the crowds at the lower 48’s most remote national park
At a time when record crowds are seeing visitors to some U.S. national parks asked to pre-book access, Isle Royale National Park, an archipelago of around 400 islands on western Lake Superior ...
These archaeology trips let travelers get their hands on history
From Peru to Egypt, tourists can actively participate in digs, preservation projects, or workshops led by experts in the ...
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Archaeologists have discovered a 1,600-year-old Maya altar, surrounded by children's bones
New archaeological finds add to evidence that ... Tulane University archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli, who was also not involved in the new study, says some ...
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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS PESCHAK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION Borboroglu worked quickly, assessing the condition of the colony and freeing one bird that was entangled in plastic, and began ...
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ourHOME Earth Month Sweepstakes
Join us in the celebration with a chance to win a National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise to Antarctica for two! Ever dreamt of gliding on a Zodiac around enormous icebergs of the ...