UNESCO has updated its World Heritage List for 2026, bringing a new selection of culturally and naturally significant sites ...

Unscathed by destructive Victorian-era excavations and modern tourism, Wogan Cavern may provide scientists with a glimpse ...

Telluride transforms from a ski town in winter to a hiking paradise in summer, with a wide variety of scenic and easily ...

The Rwandan capital is stepping into the spotlight, with dynamic arts, food and fashion scenes giving travellers a host of ...

In China, images of giant pandas are everywhere: on road signs, backpacks, key chains, storefronts, teacups. But seeing one ...

Human bones and artifacts from the largest whalers’ graveyard in the archipelago are at risk of disintegrating.

A new collection of the photographer's work celebrates our beautiful world—and shows how much we stand to lose.

After decades of dead ends, researchers have discovered a combination of genes that can generate new cells in the inner ...

From vintage wine to restored frescoes, National Geographic gained access to thousands of fragile artifacts that capture the ...

After a fragment was found in 1943 and dated to 500 B.C., the Nok terra-cotta sculptures shook up the Eurocentric academic ...

In the sixth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur investigates a ...

The art of embracing the arrival of darkness was once an everyday practice in the Netherlands — now, it’s being revived by a ...