National Geographic Explorer Brent Stirton has photographed life inside Virunga National Park over the course of nearly two decades—chronicling stories of violence and resilience. Conservation rangers ...

Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after ...

The Ocmulgee Mounds near Macon in Middle Georgia were home to the Muscogee. A push to grant the site national park status has ...

Explorer Paul Rosolie has spoken to Steven Bartlett about the moment he came face-to-face with an uncontacted tribe in the ...

Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...