The area around her is a bustling checkpoint for what many view as the world’s toughest ... puts it well above the tree line. Photograph by Katie Orlinsky, National Geographic Or, like Sass ...

A visit to historic or meaningful trees provides a sense of connection to the wonder of the natural world. Vital parts of ... From an ancient tree standing on holy ground in France for almost ...

The Wondiwoi tree kangaroo had not been collected, seen, or reported since that first sighting. “It is one of the most poorly known mammals in the world ... for a national park that encompasses ...

1 of 8 Ella Al-Shamahi, a paleonanthropologist and National Geographic ... tree has led to high levels of environmental protection on Socotra including, in 2008, full recognition as a UNESCO World ...

What is Maui known for? Breathtaking beaches, unparalleled natural wonders and bucket-list fun. What is Maui known for? Maui ...

On many nights, some five to 10 million straw-colored fruit bats leave their fig-tree roosts in Zambia ... meaning “hand wing.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Webala, a wildlife biologist ...

The largest county in the 209 is Tuolumne with 2,235 square miles followed by Merced with 1,979 square miles, Stanislaus with ...

Some national parks, like Sequoia and Redwood, are known for their ancient trees. But the world's oldest tree was from ...

Using a drone modified to fly in thin air, photographer Renan Ozturk captured a stunning 360-degree panorama of the roof of the world ... on assignment for National Geographic, set out to make ...

At least the greatest known to us by name,” says Victor Gysembergh, a science historian at the French National Center for Scientific Research. Many ancient Greek scientists believed that Earth ...

This Harley-Davidson took the world’s first motorcycle ride powered by solar fuel. The bike motored along the shores of Switzerland’s Lake Zurich thanks to a new type of sustainable energy.

For his photograph of this extraordinary phenomenon, called “Creation,” Ballesta, a frequent National Geographic photographer ... photographers around the world. Judges looked for innovation ...