Purpose-driven inventors: Bringing the sea floor to the surface
Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.
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To Take Earth’s Pulse, You Have to Fly High
This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. The view out the window was bad enough. As his research plane flew over groves of California’s giant sequoias, some ...
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National Geographic and Rolex Committed to a Perpetual Planet
Mountains. Rainforests. The ocean. These critical Earth systems provide some of the most basic needs for life on Earth: water, oxygen, a stable climate. But these systems are increasingly at risk ...
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What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Melted
If we keep burning fossil fuels indefinitely, global warming will eventually melt all the ice at the poles and on mountaintops, raising sea level by 216 feet. Explore what the world’s new ...
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Worlds Apart
This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. It took humans thousands of years to explore our own planet and centuries to comprehend our neighboring planets, but ...
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Planet or Plastic? by National Geographic
This project has been selected in the Editorial category in The Annual 2019, CR’s award scheme celebrating the best in commercial creativity Planet or Plastic? is a campaign by National Geographic ...
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Take a Look at the Redesigned National Geographic Magazine
A version of this story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. At National Geographic, we’ve helped you explore the world for 130 years. With the launch of the May print ...
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National Geographic’s Cartographic Typefaces
Our maps have long been known for their distinctive typefaces, but few outside the Society know of the history that lies behind them. ByJuan José Valdés Until the early 1930s, most of our maps ...
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Explore the sky with a telescope
Show kids the importance of the sky and the atmosphere, which protects the Earth from harmful radiation and keeps the planet at a healthy temperature. Help them make a telescope to explore this ...
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A Warming Planet Jolts the Iconic Creatures of the Galápagos
This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Photographic fieldwork was funded in part by the Save Our Seas Foundation, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, and FON ...
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Play along with National Geographic Toys and Games
Combine word search, jigsaw and trivia to solve puzzles as you explore the world of National Geographic. This edition of Bonza highlights themes like Animals, Travel, Planet Earth, Humanity and ...
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Earth Day
National Geographic questions what lies ahead for the planet—will it be saved or lost? So far, it’s impossible to predict. Greta wasn't the first to demand climate action. Meet more young ...