Once this photolettering process was refined, it was applied to our United States map supplement in the May 1933 National Geographic. Shortly thereafter, Society cartographer Charles E.

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...

Making UNESCO's World Heritage List means protection and prestige for some of the world's most famous sites—and some of the not-so-famous. See how much you know about these special places. Become a ...

Some states provide residents (or, in some cases, their authorized agents) with the right to opt out of “targeted advertising,” “selling,” or “sharing” of ...

Yet it is increasingly clear that cognitive functions cannot be pinned to spots on the brain like towns on a map. A given mental ... normal cognitive function. A World War I soldier with a small ...

National Geographic executives had specifically told Hugo which shots to get, Jane remembers: “They gave us a list: Jane in the boat, Jane with binoculars, Jane looking at a map.” When Miss ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... who is the light of the world, just as Jewish mothers light the Shabbat candles. “We see the relationship ...

This story appears in the May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... their crutches around to their backs to rest their wood-frame packs atop the crutch. Wiping sweat from their brows ...

This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... “are more separated from the natural world than perhaps any generation before them.” That’s quite an accusation.

These are just a few of the global destinations given World Heritage status by ... Two craters frame Hawai‘i’s Volcanoes National Park, a 335,000-acre natural wonder on the Big Island with ...

This story appears in the June 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a vibrant purple sarong, plastic-framed reading glasses, and red nail polish. Her hair, a ruckus of springy black ...

The world’s second ... and soda thanks to a national policy that allows refugees to work. This story appears in the April 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Standing in a sliver of ...