Stare into the eyes of an Amazon tree snake, explore the inside of a lava tube, and dive into an underwater cave. Find your ...

Now, National Geographic has released the first trailer for "Ocean with David Attenborough," the first ever collaboration between National Geographic and the 98-year-old broadcasting legend known ...

Welcome to Nat Geo Your Shot: National Geographic’s global community for aspiring visual storytellers. Find the community on Instagram @NatGeoYourShot and follow along for hashtag challenges ...

Our young people are facing a literacy crisis. As an English teacher, I used to start every school year surveying students ...

Either way, it won’t be happy. Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collects data at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona. Recent results from the survey suggest that dark ...

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 ...

Beneath sea urchins’ exterior spines, rounded skeletons called tests are jewels of color, texture, and symmetry. There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and cemeteries in, under, and around the city. Remains of a sprawling ...

The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North American coasts in the Cretaceous. Paleontologists have been on the trail ...

An Israeli official reported Thursday that 21 hostages held in Gaza are confirmed to be alive, while there are serious concerns regarding the fate of three others, two of whom are foreign nationals.

Authorities say a 77-year-old man is dead after falling while hiking at Arches National Park in Utah A 77-year-old man from Germany has died after falling on a hike at Arches National Park in Utah ...