When Jacques Cousteau was young, an accident sent him on a path that led him to invent scuba, opening up the underwater world ... From far, it can look blue, so if you focus on—you point on ...

National Geographic produced this content as part of our partnership with Rolex, formed to promote exploration and conservation. The organizations will join forces in efforts that support veteran ...

We’ve known for nearly a century that UV radiation is linked to skin cancer, but modern advice about sunburn can be confusing ...

How Did the Blue Waffle Myth Start? This hoax started many years ago, when someone posted an online image of a bright blue vulva (the outside of a vagina). According to the anonymous poster ...

In February 2023, an underwater telescope called KM3NeT, anchored several miles beneath the Mediterranean Sea, recorded the ...

UV rays in Lake Tahoe vary up to 100 times between wet and dry years, a UC Davis study finds, raising concerns for lake life ...

The new National Geographic special “Ocean with David Attenborough” offers a look at the deep blue seas through a style that almost mimics water movement. There are calm moments that discuss the ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were able to ‘hear’ the impacts ...

Climate change, plastic pollution and overfishing are putting a toll on oceans, biodiversity and livelihoods. Can the UN's ...

An underwater volcano off the West Coast is predicted to erupt at any moment, and the world can watch it happen live. Axial Seamount, located roughly 300 miles off Oregon's coast on the Juan de ...

Ukrainian Security Service/AFP via Getty Images "The underwater supports of the piers were severely damaged at the bottom level -- 1,100 kg of explosives in TNT equivalent contributed to this ...