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Why 'funga' is just as important as flora and fauna Why 'funga' is just as important as flora and fauna Mushroom leather? The future of fashion is closer than you think. Mushroom leather? The ...

Air pollution is a mix of particles and gases that can reach harmful concentrations both outside and indoors. Its effects can range from higher disease risks to rising temperatures. Soot, smoke, mold, ...

Surveys measure it by asking people how often they smiled, laughed, or felt joy during the past 24 hours ... Witters created the Gallup–National Geographic Index, designed to assess 18 of ...

Game scouts found this black rhino bull wandering Zimbabwe's Savé Valley Conservancy after poachers shot it several times and hacked off both its horns. Veterinarians had to euth ...

A reflection on what we've failed to learn from past pandemics A reflection on what we've failed to learn from past pandemics ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... return of grizzly bears and wolves. During the past 40 years cougars have continued to expand throughout the ...

(Sources: Benny Goller and Doug Altshuler, University of British Columbia, Vancouver) This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic ... For the past eight years, Clark has ...

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 May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... of a dime appeared huge by comparison as it fluttered past. Below us, a school of 12-inch, bigeye scad—like mackerel ...

By Rhett A. Butler As Esri nears its 50th anniversary, Jack Dangermond exemplifies how geographic information systems (GIS) ...

Home bias is still a big issue for Canadian ... you not only have tremendous geographic concentration, but you’re also way ...