Skydiving by the sun. Playing with a baby seal. Bathing in corn flour. Check out some of the pictures featured in our Photo of the Day.

Carving intricate bird pins was a popular pastime among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent forced into camps during World War II, says Delphine Hirasuna, the author of two books about the crafts ...

As summer draws to a close in the Hungarian capital, the trees on Castle Hill start glowing with amber leaves, locals promenade along the Danube, enjoying the still-warm days, and events celebrate the ...

Each day, we highlight one extraordinary photograph from National Geographic. Check out more of our photos here.

National Geographic photographers were stationed from Iceland to Spain to document one of the year’s most anticipated celestial events.

Blending urban exploration with outdoor adventure, Seattle invites families to experience its waterways, neighborhoods, and ...

Shakajlura riojanensis, a newly discovered Triassic apex predator, ruled the land millions of years before the rise of giant dinosaurs.

The enormous and slow-moving creatures are being pushed closer and closer to dangerous roadways. Here's how conservationists are thinking creatively to keep them safe.

Rome and New York City weren't built in a day. Discover how today's digital infrastructure is shaping the cities of yesterday and tomorrow.

A new walk traverses the red miles of the Northern Territory desert, culminating at the foot of Australia’s greatest landmark.

The Danube River is now so low that one ship lies almost entirely on dry land, beached in sand—a haunting sign of our climate future.

Long overshadowed by Egypt's pyramids and gold mines, the rugged Atbai Desert is finally revealing clues about the nomadic civilization that navigated its sand.