A lifelong passion for these ocean predators sparked a career in conservation photography and a mission to share the love.

Each spring, local hunters sit on the edge of the ice and wait for whales—a custom that’s at least 1,000 years old.

A lack of tree cover in low-income areas has left many residents especially vulnerable to rising heat. It’s a legacy of the ...

The National Geographic Society’s CEO reflects on its long history of global exploration and invites a future inspiring the ...

Editor’s Note: The July 2024 issue of National Geographic is a special single-topic issue titled “Indigenous Futures,” focused on how Indigenous communities around the world are charting a new ...

Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it ...

The discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance—this issue’s cover story—marks an extraordinary milestone in global exploration, a testament to humanity’s relentless curiosity and the ...

The first edition of National Geographic magazine contained no pictures. It wasn’t until nearly 20 years later that the editors took a risk in including a picture essay, prompting at least two board ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name. National Geographic Society maps supply a backdrop for a meeting between ...

National Geographic Explorer in Residence Tara Roberts peers into the depths of the Atlantic from the boat’s edge, hovering around the open water of the Florida Keys. She leans in and plunges beneath ...

The revolutionary invention of autochromes changed photography. As those pictures decay, they're revealing a new kind of beauty. First digitized in 2008 (left), this 1937 photo of a dance performance ...