The new film tells the story of Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, who shattered barriers to achieve her dream ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

Forensic scientist Frankie West examines samples of wood from the ship's hold in hopes of recovering DNA from captives' blood or bodily fluids. Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

National Geographic Now, archaeologists have come up with more revelations that make the already exceptional Clotilda rarer still. “This is the most intact slave ship known to exist in the ...

For sevendecades, Sir David Attenborough has traversed the globe to document the kaleidoscopic diversity of Earth’s ...

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

Tara Roberts - a diver, storyteller, and NatGeo Explorer - is working to bring these long-lost stories back to the surface.

People use old National Geographic magazines for everything ... honey-filled Viking ships, and renowned poet Pablo Neruda. Here’s how Conklin stumbled upon those magazines—and what they ...

A viewing platform offers front-row seats on the manoeuvres of cargo ships — some of which ... Published in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National ...