And not just any photographs — National Geographic photographs. As our Director of Photography, Leen estimates she has looked at as many images ... male southern sea lion, about nine feet ...

“By the time I click the shutter, the hardest part of the work has been done.” From documenting the terror of war to British hospitals in the grip of COVID-19, an ...

This is the source of the Amazon River, so named for the National Geographic photographer, writer, and prolific explorer who made the discovery. “Amazing is the word heard most often at National ...

The limestone cave of Liang Bua, on the Indonesian island of Flores, is widely known as the hobbit cave, the site where the surprisingly tiny and enormously controversial extinct human relative ...

For more on the giant crystals in Naica and their astrobiology implications, check out our podcast, “Overheard at National Geographic.” “To me, the giant crystals of Naica, or the geode of ...

Beneath sea urchins’ exterior spines, rounded skeletons called tests are jewels of color, texture, and symmetry. There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on ...

To date, more than a thousand people have claimed to have seen Nessie. Photograph by Keystone, Getty Images Irish missionary St. Columba first wrote about the mythical beast in 565 A.D. Allegedly ...

This weekend, the heart of Sacramento will come alive with color and pride. The Sacramento Pride Festival returns June 14 and 15 and is expected to draw more than 20,000 people for the two-day ...

Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them. Experts say a "concerning" number of ...

The National Geographic Society ... Amara smiles as she touches Eziaku’s tiny fingers and toes. She takes photos and videos of the baby being cuddled by her sister. For her selfies with Eziaku ...

who is also a member of the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, a group of scientists that advises BLM. (Some activists argue that BLM unfairly targets horses and instead should look to ...

Famous artist Henri Matisse designed and decorated the small chapel. Photograph by Jumping Rocks/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Steve Wilkison, a California native who moved to Vence in ...