Independent Bookshop Week was celebrated across the UK this June — we’ve selected four shops worth a literary pilgrimage.

Visiting the coast can help you relieve stress and get more active—and it may even change the way you cope with pain. There's little more relaxing than spending time at the beach—but what's ...

Can you explain the concept of a river as a living being? At the heart of the book is the idea that rivers have lives, deaths –– and even rights. It asks readers to imagine rivers in these ...

(Discover 10 wild experiences in national parks.) Be aware that large crowds and unnatural noises cause distress, especially for animals that have experienced fear-based training, separation from ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry traveled the globe to document killer whale pods—where he found that diving with these special creatures can lead to strange and wonderful situations.

For his photograph of this extraordinary phenomenon, called “Creation,” Ballesta, a frequent National Geographic photographer, has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

CATHY HUNTER (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARCHIVIST): And I think ... castaway theory can be proven once and for all. He has written books on this topic, both nonfiction and fiction.

This list of National Park gift ideas is filled with the best gifts, everything from tote bags to games to maps. For more ...

Thus the Latin name for the order of bats, Chiroptera, meaning “hand wing.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Webala, a wildlife biologist at Maasai Mara University, and Erick Keter ...

Blame cell death and fungi for brain decay, not TikTok. TikTok won't really make your brain rot. That doesn't happen until after death. While most brains rot quickly, researchers have found a ...

New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel impossible to resist. Cravings may feel impulsive, but new resea ...

and helping to preserve and promote regional and national cultural heritage on a global scale. Hay-on-Wye is Wales has empty buildings filled with secondhand books. Photograph by Gregor Lengler ...