According to previous estimates, the eastern population of migratory monarchs has declined by as much as 84 percent between 1996 and 2014. Worse still is the fate of the western migratory monarchs ...

Military camouflage is a crucial tactic in modern warfare, designed to hide soldiers, vehicles, and equipment from enemy detection. This video explores how camouflage has evolved from simple color ...

Linguists say this joyful weirdness isn’t random—it’s rooted in how humans build bonds, play with sound, and treat animals ...

These animals usually hang out several kilometers away in kelp beds, which offer protection from great white attacks. “From nothing to double digits. It’s just mind blowing,” he says.

Every year, National Geographic Travel invites photographers to submit their most captivating and telling images to the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year contest. This year, photographers from ...

In the Highlands and Islands, trace the steps of historic funeral processions through epic landscapes on some of Scotland’s most intriguing hikes. Coffin roads were used throughout the Scottish ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Features a game of hide and seek, illustrating how camouflage helps both animals and children hide effectively. It highlights ...

The Chongzuo Prefecture government did not respond to National Geographic ’s request to confirm the event. Using geese to uphold pandemic policy may be new, but the practice is age-old.

China plans to overtake the United States by building the world’s largest national park system, a network of wilderness bigger than Texas. Although China only created its first national park ...

After hiding in the shadows, a long-lost frog is giving conservationists a glimmer of hope in Ecuador. Back in 2022, biologist Juan Sánchez-Nivicela and his team navigated through dense ...