National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–a new age of discovery is already here.

National Geographic photographer Keith Ladzinski focused on the positive when it came to forest fires: the solutions people are working on.

From cardiovascular disease and obesity to a weakened immune system, the side effects of stress can be life-altering. But there may be a way to prevent those outcomes. This questionnaire—first ...

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 ...

Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Dementia has no cure. But there’s hope for better care. Dementia has no cure ...

Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Monarchs are actually toxic—and 5 other amazing butterfly ...

For centuries, the Seine River has been Paris’s dumping ground. A billion-dollar cleanup is trying to make it swimmable again. The history of Paris is inextricably linked to the river that flows ...

A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler: it bends and bounces A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler: it bends and bounces Photographer Georgi Georgiev has his lens focused on the intimate lives ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... lack of provisions scuttled his plan to continue the search. On returning to England, he found Sir Walter Raleigh ...

This story appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... They go to fishing boats, where they search on the decks after the boats come in. They go to where the fishermen ...

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 ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Lots of people are talking about Avery Jackson, a nine-year-old girl from Kansas City who is the first transgender ...