As of Monday more than 800 people were confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake slammed into Indonesia's coastline. Photograph by Ulet Ifansasti, Getty Images ENVIRONMENT ...

Last day of the dinosaurs' reign captured in stunning detail. Rocks from deep inside the Chicxulub impact crater show what happened in the minutes to hours after one of our planet’s most ...

How a 'forgotten' 600-year-old tsunami changed history. New evidence shows a disaster similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami battered the same region centuries ago and may have given rise to a ...

Revisiting a National Geographic photographer’s strange encounter while searching for the source of the Amazon. National Geographic writer, photographer, and explorer Loren McIntyre perches at ...

The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

I visit the Tsunami Memorial in Khao Lak Thailand to reflect on the Khao Lak Tsunami 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami tragedy in Thailand and around the Indian Ocean. I'm sure we have all seen footage from ...

Could they one day help us do the same? A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans.

Getting in 9,000 to 10,000 daily steps cuts risk of death by more than a third and reduced cardiovascular disease risk by at least 20 percent, but even smaller increases showed benefits ...

A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys.

Over 1,700 souls will vanish in moments—erased by a tsunami's wrath. Dark Records. The Day the Sea Swallowed a Train – Boxing Day Tsunami Horror. Posted: June 4, 2025 | Last updated: June 14 ...

National Geographic Explorers, storytellers and educators conducted a comprehensive scientific examination in the Southern Ocean’s Weddell Sea via a groundbreaking sea ice to seafloor transect ...

The neuroscientist working on ‘zapping’ away unwanted memories “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” might not be fiction for much longer, if memory researcher Steve Ramirez gets his way.