The final frontier of Europe is this southeastern peninsula, where travellers can find Roman palaces, old Ottoman quarters, ...

For more than 30 years, the Pacific Rim Whale Festival has celebrated the arrival of migrating grey whales to Canada’s wild ...

Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them. Experts say a "concerning" number of ...

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 ...

Some mice are more inclined to run on an exercise wheel than their less active counterparts. That’s because, according to a recent study, these mice carry microbes in their guts that send ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. When I met the cyborg Neil Harbisson, in Barcelona, he looked like any local hipster, except for the black antenna ...

Choose your own adventure: a rustic tent cabin at the base of Half Dome or a lavish lodge just outside the national park’s ...

The best place in the Caribbean for a passport-free tropical escape offers up great weather, fewer crowds, and hotel rates up ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

Prospectors came to Nevada City for gold, but the forested community has become an enduring oasis for artists, musicians, and ...

On May 4, on a quiet street in Herrliberg, Switzerland, along the shores of Lake Zurich, Aldo Steinfeld went for a ride on ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.