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This image was published on the June/July 2018 Traveler magazine cover as part of Your Shot's " Trip That Changed My Life " assignment. Photograph by Takashi, National Geographic Your Shot ...
Two scenarios emerge. On the magazine cover, there’s a verdant Earth. Welcome to the optimistic view of writer Emma Marris, who sees a world that is changed—we cannot undo some damage we have ...
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.
He dreamed of seeing his photographs in the same magazine—and even on the cover. So when National Geographic asked him to photograph an iconic monument he knows well, he was ready to work.
This story appears in the February 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. Let’s imagine planet Earth without viruses. We wave a wand, and they all disappear. The rabies virus is suddenly gone.
This story appears in the October 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. A half century ago astronomers designed a map that would point to Earth from anywhere in the galaxy.
The red planet may have once been home to an abundance of microbes. New studies suggest it's possible that some hardy microbes managed to survive underground in a frozen state.
When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what they could mean. Four years of underwater research revealed a lost world.
The numbat’s genome could therefore serve as a template that, using gene editing technology like CRISPR, could be tweaked to resemble the genome of the extinct thylacine, which was first ...
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 October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. One of the most challenging aspects of storytelling at National Geographic is introducing our readers to people and ...
Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic home. These planetary leftovers offer clues to our creation—and ...