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International Photo Contest
International Photo Contest
See galleries, rate photos, and try new puzzles created from contest entries.
Your Shot
Solve jigsaw puzzles, download wallpaper, or submit your favorite photo.
The Sounds of Science
At the world's largest particle accelerator, mixing hip-hop and particle physics.
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Features
Bolivia's Wrestlers
Bolivia's Wrestlers
Leap inside the wrestling rings of Bolivia, where skirts fly as cholitas fight back!
Sailfish in the Whirl
Fins raised and changeable colors flashing, sailfish round up prey.
High School Give-and-Take
Foreign-exchange programs help students dive into new cultures, but Americans lag.
Interactives
Dig Deeper
Dig Deeper
Test your knowledge of the ground beneath your feet by taking our interactive quiz.
Get the Facts: Sailfish
How do sailfish change their colors almost instantly? Find out in GeoPedia.
Try the Atlas Explorer
See interactive world maps from National Geographic's Maps division.
Photography
Flashback
Flashback
Look through galleries of historical images and take a peek into our past.
Visions of Earth
View the world's wonders through the eyes of National Geographic photographers.
Photosynth
National Geographic partners with Microsoft to create 3-D spaces of global landmarks.
Video
Getting Close
Getting Close
A new video lets you travel with photographer Michael Nichols to see elephants as they work and play.
Threatened African Treasure
Join four photographers as they try to catalog Bioko Island's biodiversity in a photographic blitz.
Who Murdered the Virunga Gorillas?
Photographer Brent Stirton and writer Mark Jenkins unravel the mystery at the root of the Virunga gorilla massacre.
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My Shot
My Shot
Take your best shot and upload it for a chance to be published in National Geographic. Then share albums, puzzles, and games based on your photos.
Highlights
Map of the Day
Map of the Day
Journey through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones.
Visions of Earth
Visions of Earth
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Archives
Archives
Voting Machine
Voting Machine
Slide Puzzles
Slide Puzzles
Climate Change
Climate Change