With its world-class restaurants, museums, galleries and nearby hiking trails, Toronto makes a great alternative to New York ...

For those looking for an escape into a unique and spectacular wilderness, Japan’s islands of Kyushu and Yakushima offer ...

Stare into the eyes of an Amazon tree snake ... to explore our world and what lies beyond it. These breathtaking photos were made by or in support of National Geographic Explorers and their ...

This is Banff National Park, one of the most beautiful ... (Related: Meet the Canadian filmmaker who conquered the world's longest hiking trail.) Fernie: A mountain biking and hiking paradise ...

"It's a significant scientific discovery, comparable to finding the tallest tree in the world," said Enric Sala, a researcher at National Geographic. The Pavona clavus coral provides shelter and a ...

That we know of! According to National Geographic, that includes plants and animal species. 47. The world's largest tree is the General Sherman. A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in ...

“Pinglin is incredibly rich in tree ferns,” says Phaedra Fang, an assistant researcher at the National Taiwan Museum ... Taiwan straddles a unique geographic divide. Its northern half is ...

In tribute to the world’s 3.04 trillion ... supported by the tree, rebuilt in 2001. Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic Pando, Quaking Aspen, Fish Lake National Forest ...

This can help them understand where this specimen fits on the evolutionary tree ... their geographic and temporal diversity.” The fossil also tells a more detailed story of what the world ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... who is the light of the world, just as Jewish mothers light the Shabbat candles. “We see the relationship ...