The Dome of the Rock, an architectural masterpiece and Islam’s third most sacred site, is revealing its secrets to scholars who were granted groundbreaking access.

Spurr is known to exhibit earthquakes without consequence. But in late-April 2024, the quake frequency rose while the volcano began to swell up—a phenomenon where the ground literally inflates.

This story appears in the July 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Adapted from The Third Pole by Mark Synnott, to be published spring 2021 by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea on Monday, registering at a depth of just 10 km, ...

Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.

Brendon Harre sees the increasing traffic congestion getting worse in Christchurch, already tougher than other main centers.

A recent report by National Geographic stated that the Himalayan region of South Asia, which is home to over 150 million people could be sitting atop an active megathrust fault, the same kind of ...

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Ancient Aztec records reveal hidden earthquake risk. Scientific examinations of historical accounts suggest that up to 40 percent of Mexico’s population lives along a zone that is more ...

On Friday, a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, just after 5:02 PM Western Indonesian Time. Dramatic videos revealed the eerie growth of a mounting wave in ...

Revisiting a National Geographic photographer’s strange encounter while searching for the source of the Amazon.

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.