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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“If there is a species that we might be able to engage with in some kind of two-way communication, these guys are really good candidates.” Bottlenose dolphins living near Sarasota, Florida ...

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 ...

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 ...

Julia Flynn Siler, an author and journalist who is also a chorister at St. John’s Church, recently wrote about the health benefits of darkness for National Geographic.

Photograph by RONAN DONOVAN A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in New York City, Kholood Eid photographed biologists and activists across ...

This story was created with the support of Natural Adventure Co. Published in April 2025 of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine click here.

Reuben Wu, a British photographer and visual artist based in Chicago, was first introduced to National Geographic as most ... “You’ve seen so many pictures of it that it just seems ordinary.” ...

National Geographic's 100 best images of the year–curated from 106 ... Today, leading researchers estimate Africa's lion population to be 20,000 or less, with lions now extinct in 26 African ...

Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ease symptoms of anxiety and depression. A European robin, Erithacus ...