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National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...

National Geographic photographer Keith Ladzinski focused on the positive when it came to forest fires: the solutions people are working on.

In print, online, and in a broadcast series hosted by actor Will Smith, scientists and explorers journey to extreme places and explain curious phenomena. How one image captures 21 hours of a ...

Braving the same unpredictable Antarctic sea ice that doomed the ship 109 years ago, the 2022 team miraculously found the final missing piece of the legendary expedition. Scientists are racing to ...

From cardiovascular disease and obesity to a weakened immune system, the side effects of stress can be life-altering. But there may be a way to prevent those outcomes. This questionnaire—first ...

Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Monarchs are actually toxic—and 5 other amazing butterfly ...

For centuries, the Seine River has been Paris’s dumping ground. A billion-dollar cleanup is trying to make it swimmable again. The history of Paris is inextricably linked to the river that flows ...

Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Dementia has no cure. But there’s hope for better care. Dementia has no cure ...

With Japan’s cherry blossoms, bullet trains and snow-ringed peaks attracting record visitor numbers, the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of National Geographic ... This latest issue sets out to uncover ...

They're only 9 years old, but these girls and boys from around the world offer keen insight into how gender shapes destiny.

Plan your next adventure with the Experiences Collection by National Geographic Traveller (UK), as the latest in the series of high-end, coffee-table-style bookazines hits the newsstands.