The sneaky virus poses serious health threats if it goes on to become a chronic disease. Clinical trial results suggest a new ...

The trove of grave goods includes diadems and gold mouthpieces and show merchants on Cyprus were extremely well-connected ...

Follow National Geographic photographer Sofia Jaramillo as she journeys through the region's distinctive landscapes, from the ...

Pigeons and other birds can do it. So can sea turtles and spiny lobsters, moths and mole rats, gray whales and big brown bats. Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of ...

Olena Mykhailivna Loboda, a mathematics teacher, teaches remotely from her empty classroom at School No. 2 in Chernihiv, Ukraine, in this image from the 2026 Giga Photo Award competition. Due to the ...

Summer stargazing begins with some spectacular sights, including the hyped conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, which get close enough to view together via binoculars.

This year, the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice occurs on June 20 at 10:42 p.m. EST. South of the Equator, this same moment marks the beginning of winter. Solstices occur at the same time around ...

National Geographic was founded in 1888 by a group of visionaries who embodied an era of exploration, discovery, invention, and change. With offices around the world and headquarters in Washington, ...