Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, where millions of birds come to nest and raise their young, is now under threat from petroleum development.

Twin silhouettes are motionless in the night. Above, a silver-veiled moon hints of a sky. Below, Earth is a darkened disk. Sound gives the night depth: Common barking geckos rattle like castanets ...

Ancient DNA reveals new twists in Neanderthal migration Genetic surprises pulled from 120,000-year-old bones showcase the nuanced history of this close human relative. By Maya Wei-Haas ...

Putting the well-being of animals first should be every photographer’s goal. National Geographic photographers share tips on how they do it.

Oldest footprints in Saudi Arabia reveal intriguing step in early human migration Animal and human tracks show the lush landscape that may have greeted Homo sapiens as they ventured into new lands ...

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The best wildflower hiking trails in the U.S. Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountains.

Billions of birds travel distances incomprehensible to humans annually. Some, like the Arctic tern, log sufficient miles in ...

The map that NASA launched in 1972 could lead extraterrestrials to Earth. A new map, nearly 50 years later, provides even better directions. A sparkling mass containing at least half a million ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In pursuit of the world’s smallest bird , we’ve come to the backyard of a flamingo pink house in Palpite, Cuba.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

SKERRY: And then when I think the time is right, I take a deep breath and I slide underwater. GWIN: He’s on a mission to see a pod of killer whales off the coast of Norway.