Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification ...

Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing why. Inside the creative science that’s transforming your ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Dominica fully lives up to its self-appointed nickname as the "Caribbean’s Nature Island." In a region that brims with pristine beaches requiring nothing more but to show up and relax, Dominica ...

Kim Knor has the kind of biography Hollywood blockbusters are made of—and has just notched a new milestone in her quest to keep living life to the fullest. 86-year-old Kim Knor completes her 1,000th ...

This story has been updated with new information. The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians on Thursday, Jan. 15, and the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe on Friday, Jan. 16, added their voices to ...

Agents taking part in President Donald Trump's immigration sweeps have been repeatedly accused of targeting anyone with black or brown skin without proof they are undocumented, and now some Native ...

These 10 standout images were among thousands of stunning submissions in National Geographic’s Your Shot Pictures of the Year 2025 challenge. The delicate West Indian seagrape sawfly (Sericoceros ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

With 800 years of maritime history, this northern town is going all in on its seafaring past in 2026 with revamped museums, docks, and preserved ships. See why its laid-back charm is so hard to resist ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...