When Dwayne LaGrou asked Weird Animal Question of the Week what animals have the largest eyes for their body size, we were ...
See photos of sea creatures that have unusual defense mechanisms in this oceans life photo gallery from National Geographic.
Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...
Throughout our history, the magazine’s storytelling has relied on photographers—and on artists such as Fernando Gomez Baptista.
Like many of them, he draws from multiple cultures and traditions—Spanish and Quechua speaking, global and local, ancient and modern. And with his fellow artists, he’s creating something entirely new: ...
New weather stations are helping California forecasters better predict flooding from damaging storms called the 'pineapple ...
On the 50th anniversary of the upheaval, we look at images that one brave photographer hid from the government.
In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...
From dishwashers to fridge gaskets, mold can hide in plain sight. Discover practical tips to keep your kitchen clean and mold-free.
The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...
After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...
Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a ...