In a small town in Oregon when a father wolf went missing recently, no details were available about his death. All that’s known is that someone killed him, and, based on previous cases, it’s unlikely ...

The signs were there but subtle. Dustin Chandler never did his homework. He was labeled lazy at school. It wasn’t until years later when his mother, now working at a pediatric clinic, watched him ...

What can you do right now to ensure that you live a longer, healthier life? National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner can answer that question better than anyone.

When videographer Steve Hathaway was filming a tourism promo on October 25 on an island off the coast of New Zealand, his ...

Organizing a family holiday is all about managing everyone’s interests, energy levels, and attention spans. The most ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

To build a spacecraft, you need an extremely clean construction zone. That’s essential if you’re sending a robot to another world to search for signs of microscopic alien life. One wouldn’t want to ...

Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena. The entire disc of the sun captured on ...

If you're looking for your next adventure, National Geographic has released its annual list of the best places to visit around the world. Lawmakers Start to Break Ranks Under Shutdown Pressures ...

Imagine Halloween never had the looming dread of school or work the next day. With Oct. 31 falling on a Friday this year, that's not a problem. But since Halloween often falls on a weekday, the ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact sent lawmakers into a scramble to shut them out. POLLS APARTHoward Pyle’s ...