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.

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

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

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

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

Graphic novels and comic books now feature an inclusive pantheon of heroes, from LGBT figures to a black Spider-Man and a ...

A long-held fascination with North Korea eventually led Marcel Theroux to travel to the most secretive country on Earth, ...

Ancient Maya believed that the rain god Chaak resided in caves and natural wells called cenotes. Maya farmers today in Mexico ...

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and ...

Read a National Geographic magazine article about general relativity and get information, facts, and more about dark matter.

It was there that the case of the Denisovan pinkie bone took a startling turn. Pääbo, a transplanted Swede, is arguably the ...

The Amazon tribe has beaten back ranchers and gold miners and famously stopped a dam. Now its leaders must fight again or ...