After he lost his partner in an avalanche, the intrepid adventurer was unmoored by grief. Then he made history by skiing an ...

In the borderlands of East Anglia, marshes, reed-fringed waterways and medieval market towns play host to weird and eerie ...

Three meteor showers will light up November’s skies, while five planets make appearances throughout the month. Plus, the first supermoon of the year arrives just before Thanksgiving.

Ekiben pack diverse local ingredients and centuries-old Japanese culinary tradition into portable boxes — railway station ...

Christmas Island red crabs are famous throughout Australia and the world for their bright red color and for their spectacular annual migration to the sea. Millions of crabs become rivers of red as ...

Researchers found one sable shearwater on Australia's Lord Howe Island with nearly 900 pieces of plastic in its stomach.

The little red book, which contains Harry Houdini's recently deciphered notes, charts his rise as a performer and the key ...

Hidden beneath the neon-splashed modernity of the fast-paced Japanese city lies millennia of history in the form of ancient ...

The classic fish soup was born in France’s vibrant port city, where the most feted versions can still be found — alongside ...

One day soon, parasitic mites could accidentally arrive in North America. It's a doomsday scenario for pollinators that ...

A new cache of cuneiform tablets reveals the everyday lives of people in the Hittite Empire—from religious rituals to a ...

In this archival feature, life flows at the pace of a dugout canoe as National Geographic charts a journey along this great ...