August 2021 Issue | National Geographic

Two gladiators enter—only one leaves alive, right? Think again.

Meet one of Nat Geo’s amazing artists

Take a step inside a gladiator’s arena

The original ‘fight club’: how gladiators trained for battle

These see-through frogs are full of surprises

In America’s hunger crisis, charities and neighbors are lifelines

Rising heat puts the Kalahari’s ecosystem on the edge of survival

Surviving the extremes of the Kalahari

Magazine

In landlocked Hungary, this ‘sea’ is all some tourists need

A photographer captures the essence of summer in the turquoise shallows of Lake Balaton, central Europe’s largest lake.

Explore

Have a favorite animal? There’s probably a day in its honor.

A new idea to fight brain cancer, and more breakthroughs

Helping an animal vital to Brazil’s rainforest survive

Ocean shark populations are tanking. This is how fast.

5 ways you can keep the planet clean this summer

The strange phenomenon of ‘space hurricanes,’ decoded

Unlocking the mystery of Japan’s perfect paper

What a sandcastle specialist uses to build his masterpieces

A war photographer looks back at her life on the road

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