This region with one of the best known names on Earth is also one of the least understood. Could their ancestral way of life ...

The Spanish crown eventually ceded it to the state, and it became a national monument in 1870 ... is the reason so many know this corner of the world today. The writer Washington Irving was ...

I find Kathy Moran at the unofficial entrance to National Geographic ... knows this wall better than anyone. She points to an image that continues to transfix people all over the world—Steve ...

China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three ...

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To the southeast, braids of the Kali Gandaki River spread out like a fan across the valley, flowing toward an imposing wall of snowcapped ... wonder of our world, he National Geographic Society ...

From hiking and biking to offbeat art and drive-in movies, the California desert park and its surroundings offer plenty of ...

Using a drone modified to fly in thin air, photographer Renan Ozturk captured a stunning 360-degree panorama of the roof of the world ... for National Geographic for the original Everest map ...

Yellowstone National Park—the world’s first national park—was visited by 4.7 million people in 2024. The vast reserve—covering 2.2 million acres in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana—has craggy ...

A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from above. The large body of water is the Dead Sea, and the central walled city is Jerusalem. Tensions between Muslims and ...

The fact is, we live in a world of viruses—viruses that are unfathomably ... but cells respond with their own defensive innovations, such as the cell wall or the nucleus, and so it’s an ...

This story is part of The Race Issue, a special issue of National Geographic that explores how ... from politics to job prospects and even the world of professional sports: the fear of ...