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Saving Africa's Rarest Parrot
Steve Boyes talks about his work to pull the Cape parrot back from the brink of oblivion.
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Explorers Honored at the 125th Gala
The Society celebrated their efforts to lead exploration and advance scientific understanding.
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Pink Grasshopper Caught on Camera
“Special” insects rarely make it to adulthood.
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Sylvia Earle on Women in Science
Sylvia Earle reflects on her scientific career and on gender obstacles she faced along the way.
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Happy Birthday, Donald Duck!
Donald Duck's illustrator Carl Banks once said he used to "rob from the Geographic" for ideas.
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Photos: A Vanishing Whaling Culture
These Azorean whalers used 18th-century techniques to hunt sperm whales into the 20th century.
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3-D Map of El Capitan
Tool helps scientists understand ancient cliff's origins and today's rockfalls.
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Explorer Moment: Ray of Hope
Biologist Andrea Marshall leads her team in discovering new and conserving known manta ray species.
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Remembering Tim Samaras
As families scrambled to avoid deadly tornadoes, Tim Samaras raced straight toward them.
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Instagram: Siberian Silence
After an hour of trudging through snow, I saw a fisherman sitting in the dark beside a hole in the ice.
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Explorer Moment: Naming Baby Parrots
While studying green-rumped parrotlets, Karl Berg discovered the adults appear to "name" their young.
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Twitter: Let's Explore!
Photographer Sandesh Kadur describes some of his daily challenges.
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FOUND: Catching a Glimpse of the Queen
Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, June 1966.
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Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner is the first to break the sound barrier just by ... falling.
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FOUND: Balloon Vendor
A balloon vendor runs across a road with a trailing mass of balloons in Buenos Aires, November 1921.
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Explorer Moment: Steady Hands and Fins
Photographer David Doubilet photographs freshwater ecosystems, stingrays, sharks, and more.
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Mapping Happiness Using Twitter
Researchers analyzed ten million tweets to map happiness in the United States. Napa is happy. The Rust Belt is sad.
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Timeline: Fanny Bullock Workman
In 1957 Workman scaled Pinnacle Peak in the Himalaya.
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Building Micro-Flowers
Scientists can control the self-assembly of molecules to build nano-size flowers in the lab, a new study says.
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New "Pirate" Ant Discovered
Arrrr! The pirate ant, a new species from the Philippines, comes complete with eye patches.
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Explorer Moment: Everest View
Ed Viesturs shares an early morning view from the summit of Everest.
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Dinosaur Eggs Are Missing Link
Dinosaur eggs from 150 million years ago are filling in gaps in the evolution of eggs.
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Explorer: Lost Cannibals of Europe
A Neolithic burial pit in Germany, found filled with expertly butchered human remains, challenges assumptions about cannibalism.
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FOUND: Bobbing for Apples
Four boys bob for apples, 1939.
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Earliest Known Massive Star Factory
Newfound galaxy was spawning stars a billion years earlier than scientists thought was possible.
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Explorer Moment: Solo Ascent
Dupre huddled in a snow cave for seven days, waiting for ideal conditions to ascend Mount McKinley.
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Timeline: Sputnik Spotters Unite
U.S.S.R. launches the first artifical satellite to orbit the world in 1957.
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Risk Taking
What makes an explorer face danger and press on?
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Ascending Everest: 60 Years Later
When the British expedition returned from Everest, they were presented with medals in a ceremony full of awkward moments.
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Explorer Moment: Monkeying Around
A National Geographic photographer has an extraordinary encounter with a baby monkey.
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Survival Guide: Dodging Locusts
Swarm behaviorist Iain Couzin has a toxic reaction to a locust at the same time his team runs out of food.
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FOUND: Smiling Students
Students smile through the gate of Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, 1939.
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Everest Climbing Gear—Then and Now
Find out how far gear has come since the first ascent in 1953.
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Read: Wright Brother's Letter to Nat Geo
Read flight pioneer Orville Wright's letter to photographer Luis Marden.
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FOUND: Chicago City Balcony
Fifty-two stories high, city noises fade and vistas expand. Chicago, June 1967.
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Survival Guide: Facing a Glacier
Snow leopard conservationist Shafqat Hussain describes a harrowing glacier crossing in Pakistan.
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Timeline: Megatransect
Mike Fay's 456-day hike across Africa results in 13 national parks.
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Onward and Downward
Explorer James Cameron designed and built a futuristic submersible called DEEPSEA CHALLENGER.
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Everest at 50: Celebrating the Greats
Luminaries on the state of the world's tallest peak
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FOUND: Snack Time
Treats are given to an Italian donkey, 1955
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Why Do We Love Dinosaurs?
For starters, they helped make us who we are.
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Under Unspoiled Rivers
Photographer Michel Roggo takes an intimate look at water.
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Pictures: Making Mount Rushmore
We look back at the sculpting of an American icon.
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Then and Now: Jane Goodall
Over the course of 50 years, Jane has witnessed the lives of three generations of chimpanzees.
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Timeline: Diving Suit
The diving suit was invented while George Washington was President! Dive into this underwater timeline.
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"There's No Other Tree Like It"
New pictures reveal Tasmanian giants' "maximum gnarliness."
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Element Hunters Pictures
To find a new element these days, and push the frontiers of matter, you have to create it first.
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6 Snubbed Women in Science
These six scientists were snubbed for awards or robbed of credit for discoveries … because they were women.
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Russian Roulette With a Volcano
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 500 Hiroshimas. National Geographic's Rowe Findley was on the scene.
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Then and Now: Rhinos
From Teddy Roosevelt hunting African rhinos, to rangers protecting them today
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Explorer Moment: 1,000-Mile Baja Trek
Carrying a surfboard and survival equipment, explorers are hiking trailless mountains.
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Then and Now: Earth's Deepest Point
How submarine technology has improved from 1960 to 2013
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Giant Mammoth Tusks of Siberia
Big finds equal big money for a growing herd of hunters.
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Explorer Moment: Capturing Kamchatka
Whitewater kayakers experience one of the last truly wild places on Earth.
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FOUND Photos: Train Spotting, '20s Style
Railroad exhibit near Baltimore, Maryland, November 1927
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Wildest Places on Earth
Just imagine what we'll find next.
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The Left Bank Ape
Take a look inside the surprising lifestyle of bonobos.
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Memorable Moments
Experience important events in National Geographic's 125-year history.
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Best Wishes From Space
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford wishes Nat Geo a happy 125th anniversary from space.
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Then & Now: Mummy Studies
See photos of Sicilian mummies and learn how examination has changed over time.
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Antarctic Expedition
Read one of the most terrifying survival stories ever.
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Risk Takers Pictures
They snare poisonous snakes, drill into glaciers, probe cat parasites—and always push the limits.
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Exploration's Highest Points
From jumping out of a gondola to summiting K2, these explorers are moving onward and upward.
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The Smallest Parts of Our World
Take a closer look at the small wonders of our world, including a gecko's toe, tiny planets, and the littlest cyborg.
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Historic Firsts
From pioneering ascents to advancements in photography
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New Age of Exploration
Our impulse to push beyond what’s known is still strong.
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World's Deepest
Explore the deepest recesses of the planet with divers, spelunkers, and submersibles.
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Explorer Moment: Canopy in the Clouds
Greg Goldsmith surveys Costa Rica's famous montane cloud forest.
