Expedition photographer Frank Hurley’s visuals have become timeless classics of their own, ensuring the story lives on a century later.

From the ‘brains’ of NASA’s Europa Clipper to a lion’s mane jellyfish, the 29 images selected for the 2023 annual National Geographic Pictures of the Year issue commemorate extraordinary photographs ...

‘Our job is to be part of this struggle in a very positive way’ ‘Our job is to be part of this struggle in a very positive way’ The pandemic dealt photographers setbacks—and surprises ...

Buy Photo Ark books and merchandise here. This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. “She’s very close,” Germán Garrote whispers, pointing to a handheld ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Lots of people are ... Since we shared photos of the cover of our special issue on gender on Instagram, Facebook ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Fairy tales can come true, but sometimes it takes a few decades. As a city kid, Elena Anosova heard seemingly tall tales ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s a warm winter ... Turning on a cell phone, he showed me photos of large feline paw prints in the snow.

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In this time-lapse video, a 436-cubic-meter surface slick sample yields a profusion of organic and synthetic debris.

National Geo's Washington DC museum plans to place visitors inside the stories and inspire a new generation of explorers ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. We were sitting in the dark, waiting for the leopards beside a trail on the edge of India’s Sanjay Gandhi National ...