This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the digital age, when it’s easy to manipulate a photo, it’s harder than ever to ensure that the images we publish ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In this time-lapse ... the striped one at the base of the index finger is a mahi-mahi. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS MADE AT A TEMPORARY ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. “She’s very close,” Germán Garrote whispers, pointing to a handheld receiver picking up Helena’s signal.

8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the past three years, this magazine has run 34 stories on climate change—including a special issue devoted entirely ...

This story appears in the October 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a chilly January afternoon, Susannah Maidment stands on the shore of a London lake, staring down a pack of dinosaurs.

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a hilltop in northeastern Tanzania, high up in the Usambara Mountains, memories are tangible things. Modernist ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the 1984 film Ghostbusters, a ragtag crew of parapsychologists does battle with Zuul, a hellhound with a gargoyle’s ...

This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Outdoor photographer Zak Noyle has seen his share of marine debris, but he was shocked by what he discovered on an ...