This is the perfect route to discover the magic of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, from its pristine beaches to charming historic ...

After two-thirds of the country’s tidal flats were lost to shoreline development, South Korean scientists ... culture and the environment. The National Geographic Society has funded their ...

Surprisingly, Criollo was also found to have first been domesticated in South America (present-day Ecuador), not in Central America as previously thought. But how did cacao get from the Amazon ...

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

"The discovery of the Clotilda sheds new light on a lost chapter of American history," says Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic ... to map the contours of ...

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Before the arrival of Columbus, the Americas were home to diverse and sophisticated civilizations that shaped the continent’s history and culture. This video provides a detailed map-based summary of ...

Trees species like red cedar, today found much farther south in places like Vancouver Island, dotted the landscape. Fragments of DNA from horseshoe crabs, which today thrive in the warm Gulf ...

an expert in waste management and a senior director at Keep America Beautiful. “Recycling is all about getting the right materials in the right place at the right time.” Curious kids can ...

“We want this paper to encourage more research on these totally different species of monkeys in Asia,” says Andie Ang, a National Geographic explorer and research scientist at the Wildlife ...