Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

The findings suggest primitive eukaryotes were widespread between about 1.6 billion and 800 million years ago, comprising what the scientists have called a “lost world ... 3.5 billion years ...

From the "Tomb Raider Temple" to Dune's alien landscapes, these iconic destinations captured the attention of early ...

Although feared as agents of disease, viruses also work wonders, shaping evolution from ... The fact is, we live in a world of viruses—viruses that are unfathomably diverse, immeasurably abundant.

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and later named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World ... and can be seen in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology.

The new study’s findings are “not just a window into an old world, but into a different climate ... The Arctic is warming by at least 0.5 degrees Celsius (about 1 degree Fahrenheit) each ...

The hidden wonders of long-vanished cities that once housed kings and hummed with everyday life are being rediscovered thanks to modern-day archaeology. Tel Megiddo in Israel holds the outlines of ...

Surrounded by the natural beauty of Sierra National Forest and just two miles from the south entrance of Yosemite National Park, Tenaya at Yosemite is already a great hotel option for amateur ...

In a scientific first, researchers have tagged wild smalleye stingrays, the world’s largest and ... the coast off the Bazaruto Archipelago, National Geographic Explorer and ray expert Andrea ...

OXON HILL, Md. — Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence. Given a second ...

The winners of the National Geographic Photography Competition have been revealed. Every year National Geographic Traveller organizes the contest to highlight the best in travel photography. It is ...