Hindu pilgrims climb the steep flanks of a mud volcano to throw coconuts into the crater—a ritual intended to thank the gods and makes wishes.

National Geographic's "Sharkfest" is back for a new season of jaw-dropping fun. From "Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory," to "Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story," there's no shortage of wild ...

Hatshepsut, Her Royal Horus name was; Ma’at-ka-re which roughly translates to; “Goddess of Truth is the life force of the Sun ...

Near the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes is a small lake named Laguna McIntyre. This is the source of the Amazon River, so named for the National Geographic photographer, writer, and ...

National Geographic Explorers, storytellers and educators conducted a comprehensive scientific examination in the Southern Ocean’s Weddell Sea via a groundbreaking sea ice to seafloor transect ...

The first edition of National Geographic magazine contained no pictures. It wasn’t until nearly 20 years later that the editors took a risk in including a picture essay, prompting at least two ...

The National Geographic Explorer is part of a co-brand called National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions. The two companies have been partners in expedition cruising for more than 20 years.

In his new National Geographic series, Limitless With Chris Hemsworth, the actor completes a test of the body’s reactions to fear: He climbed up a hundred-foot-long rope suspended from a cable ...

China aims to upstage the U.S. China’s national park system will eclipse the US version, says Mei Zhang, CEO of Wild China, one of the country’s biggest tour companies.

Anya Brown is participating in the National Geographic Society Perpetual Planet Ocean Expeditions — a series of trailblazing scientific research expeditions across the world’s ocean from ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an expedition in the Southern Ocean, researchers captured stunning video of the ...

A woolly mammoth’s tusk is a story written in ivory. It sprouts from beneath the mammoth’s gums, cells dividing continually, even daily. “The tip of the tusk is the young mammoth,” says ...