So far, National Geographic has received pledges from readers to remove about 200 million pieces of single-use plastic, a significant number towards the ultimate goal of one billion pieces by 2020.

A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in Woodbridge, England, Tristan McConnell reported from Morocco for this story.

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. In the Colonies, slavery and resistance were restless bedfellows, as evidenced by several large-scale ...

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Despite being one of the most photographed natural spaces in the world, stories of the Okavango Delta are rarely told by local talent. A Motswana wildlife photographer is seeking to change that.

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Sensitive moments and vibrant portraits fill the Instagram feed of Brooklyn-based photographer Ruddy Roye, whose work focusing on black life in America and his homeland of Jamaica goes out to an ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s how Nigersaurus was built for nonstop grazing.

Once reserved for mountain towns, iron-rung climbing courses called via ferratas are showing up in places like Columbus, Ohio. Here’s where else to try one.

A version of this story appears in the July 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Noriko Hayashi, a Tokyo-based photographer, shadowed a new generation of swordsmiths for this sotry.

In 2022, National Geographic Society with the support of Rolex, launched the Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, a one-of-a-kind science and storytelling exploration of the world’s most vital ...

From the Făgăraș Mountains of Romania to the teeming sea cliffs of St Kilda in Scotland, Europe is still home to staggering displays of summer wildlife. Whether you’re searching for sperm ...