This month’s National Geographic cover is a time-lapse image by Stephen Wilkes that captures America’s beauty in one of the most hard-to-reach places.

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in ...

This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled ...

This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. “If you break loose here, you can’t stop. You’re going into the abyss,” barks Rich Rudow. Normally he is ...

In the medical field, being fast, efficient, and correct can be the difference between life and death. This game-changing tool is helping cancer researchers and doctors save countless lives. It ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and ...

What the lullabies we sing to our children reveal about us What the lullabies we sing to our children reveal about us That is the National Geographic Society’s mission—and the CEO says it’s ...

Abandoned at an airport in China, then adopted by a photographer, Piggy the piglet grew up in front of the camera—and changed ...

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

From Academy Award-winning filmmaker and conservationist James Cameron, Secrets of the Whales plunges viewers deep into the epicenter of whale culture to experience the extraordinary communication ...

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 ...

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 ...