The National Park Service is 106 years old. While that number is impressive, many other figures relating to the 424 units—including 63 national parks—the Park Service administers are more ...

Twice a day, sections of the River Thames’s shores are exposed by the receding tide, allowing a growing number of mudlarks like Elaine Duigenan to hunt through the mud for treasure.

From the Făgăraș Mountains of Romania to the teeming sea cliffs of St Kilda in Scotland, Europe is still home to staggering displays of summer wildlife. Whether you’re searching for sperm ...

Everything you need to know about Scottish whisky Don’t like whisky? Then you haven’t properly explored Scotch. Scotland’s whisky-makers are masters of malts, offering more flavour variety ...

The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous?

The Colombian city’s cultural scene is getting a shake-up, with creative locals whipping up fusion flavours and mixing inventive cocktails that give back to the community.

A Swiss village was buried under a mountain. This town could be next. In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Ahead of the 20th anniversary, National Geographic's "Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time" revisits the deadly catastrophe that struck New Orleans. It airs July 27.

The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above thunderstorms.

Thousands of synchronous fireflies dazzle travelers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with their unique flash pattern. Here’s what you need to know.

Netto’s Snack Shack’s 6-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-4 loss to Plum.

For his photograph of this extraordinary phenomenon, called “Creation,” Ballesta, a frequent National Geographic photographer, has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...