This story first appeared in the August 1963 issue of National Geographic magazine. Up on the mountains the midday sun glared fiercely, but down in the valley near the swift-running stream it was ...

Check out our coverage on species revival, the topic of a Friday TEDx talk at National Geographic. In the movie Jurassic Park, a tree extinct for millions of years delights the paleobotanist.

“It’s hard to imagine a more wasteful way to catch fish,” says David Attenborough in the new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough, which premieres on National Geographic on ...

Published in the July/August 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine click here. (Available in select countries only).

Thus the Latin name for the order of bats, Chiroptera, meaning “hand wing.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Webala, a wildlife biologist at Maasai Mara University, and Erick Keter ...

New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel impossible to resist. Cravings may feel impulsive, but new resea ...

They supposedly lurk in remote lakes, hide in dense forests, and roam snowy mountains. Yet despite being refuted by science, cryptids—fantastical beasts that probably don’t exist—have awed ...

“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 ...

A stone’s throw from Belcher’s cairns at Port Refuge National Historic Site, archaeologists have found artifacts up to 4,000 years old, offering evidence of ancestral Inuit contact with the ...

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 ...

In the new National Geographic documentary special Ocean with David Attenborough, the pioneering filmmaker reflects on the enormity of loss seen in his lifetime. Sure, there are still sumptuous ...