Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives. Ethologist, ...

As 2025 inches towards its end, National Geographic is celebrating the year by dropping its annual Pictures of the Year 2025, “highlighting the images that most inspired and defined the past year ...

As recently as 2023, the term pura vida finally entered the dictionary of the Real Academia Española, which defines the words and phrases used across the Spanish-speaking world. This particular ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works. This illustration shows William Shakespeare ...

A 16-year-old boy lifts a Volkswagen off his pinned neighbor. A mother fights off a polar bear to protect her children. A daughter heaves an overturned tractor from atop her father. These feats are ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network breakdown—offering a new roadmap for how our brains evolve. Colored diffusion ...

Bangkok is packed with high-end restaurants, dozens of which hold Michelin stars, and many more of which have simply garnered loyal fan bases for their refined takes on Thai cuisine. Yet, the city is ...

From Caesar to Napoleon, the Pyramids to the Parthenon, the Trojan War to the Civil War—National Geographic History magazine draws readers in with more than 5,000 years of people, places, and things ...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Consigning the GOP to an Epochal Electoral Disaster A Washington State Senator Is Looking to Unseat One of the Quirkiest, Most Vulnerable House Dems in ’26 A West Coast Mamdani The ...

Experts say we’re in a golden age for treating chronic kidney disease, with new drugs like Ozempic yielding major results. Will dialysis and organ transplants become a thing of the past? A healthy ...

Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...

The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer than you might think. Nuclear fusion in the sun occurs when hydrogen is ...