A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Deutsche Telekom Group is expanding its partnership with Disney+, beginning today with Magyar Telekom in Hungary and extending to several European markets in 2026. The collaboration introduces new ...

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are ...

The massive Olympus Mons volcano on Mars—one of the solar system’s highest peaks—may have towered above a Martian ocean in the distant past, a new study suggests. The research identifies an escarpment ...

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

Two brand‑new National Geographic atlases just dropped—one reimagines modern maps, the other dives deep into environmental change. Think of them as your ultimate global guides for curiosity and ...

Traditional burial methods harm the planet in various ways. Embalming slows the decay of a person’s body so that it’s presentable at a funeral—but after burial, the chemicals used for embalming leach ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has been diving in the Gulf of Maine for more than 40 years. After learning these waters were a harbinger of climate change, he set out to document the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Following a successful liftoff, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite has completed the first major phases of its complex, multi-hour ...