North Korea is a land of mountains and hills separated by deep, narrow valleys. Paektu-san, or "white head mountain" in the ...

The fastest recorded speed of a cheetah was 61 miles (98 kilometers) an hour, or as fast as a car on some highways. The ...

For as long as they worked in the smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip, Samir and his brother Yussef suspected they might one day die in them. When Yussef did die, on a cold night in 2011, his end ...

The geology in this part of the Tibetan Plateau is not granite, like the Sierras, but seabed, like our Rockies, so its ...

Read a National Geographic magazine article about how flowering plants appeared during the Cretaceous period and get ...

As crowds soar, wildlife can suffer. And for the park's human visitors, the idea of getting away from it all gets tougher.

Read a National Geographic magazine article about the fossil trade, and get information, facts, and more about the big business of dinosaur bones.

The volcano came back to life from 2004 to 2008, shooting off plumes of steam and ash up to 30,000 feet into the sky, growing a new lava dome in its crater, and captivating sightseers and geologists.

On the 150th anniversary of the Great Emancipator’s assassination, Americans along the route of his funeral train reflect on ...

Part of the first international peace park, Waterton Lakes dazzles with outstanding scenery, easygoing wildlife, and ...

Since 2012 Dubuc and colleagues from New York University have studied more than 250 free-ranging rhesus macaques at a field ...

Read a National Geographic magazine article about food contamination and get information, facts, and more about foodborne ...