Tristan Duke uses Arctic ice and a unique technique to offer a fresh perspective on a world transformed by climate change.

This Harley-Davidson took the world’s first motorcycle ride powered by solar fuel. The bike motored along the shores of Switzerland’s Lake Zurich thanks to a new type of sustainable energy.

North America’s Native nations reassert their sovereignty: ‘We are here’ Across the continent, Indigenous peoples are methodically reasserting control over their land, laws, and how they live.

This story appears in the March 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. Jupiter is the king, Uranus is the comedian, Pluto is the underdog. But of all the planetary bodies in our solar system ...

Since the days of Emancipation and ‘40 Acres and a Mule,’ land has meant many things to Black families: loss, dreams, injustice—and self-reliance.

BALLESTA: And so [to] my friend, I said, OK, I go into water; it's safe. And I went in the water. That was an amazing feeling. GWIN: And so Laurent swam with the sharks, just like his hero, and he ...

Operating far past its expected life span, the telescope captures data that answer some of space’s biggest questions—and make glorious images. A colorized composite image captures the Veil ...

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